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CooverCoover35
Aug 21, 2022Copper Contributor
Marking an email as "Junk" and blocking a sender can result in two different things
Whenever I mark an email as Junk and pick "Block Sender", I expect that the email will be automatically deleted and the sender will be blocked, but that is not always what happens. Sometimes the emai...
- Aug 22, 2022
I am an independent advisor responding to this inquiry.
I could not recreate your issue in Outlook for the web - business & enterprise environments. I tested the following behaviors:
- blocked sender read and unread messages
- report junk vs block sender
And the marked messages were moved to the Deleted folder, and all future messages will go directly to the Junk folder for 30 days as designed. If you have several messages already in your Inbox from this now blocked sender, you can use the Sweep command to move the remaining messages. The top two choices will work for you.
I also encourage you to give Microsoft feedback to either delete or move all existing labeled block sender's emails to the deleted or junk folder. (You will get my vote.
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You are correct. Email marketers get smarter everyday by changing the username@ of the email address. However, you can also block the domainname.com as long as it is not a host provider domain like aol.com, gmail.com, yahoo.com, or outlook.com.
- Settings icon | View All Settings | Mail | Junk
- +Add | input the domainname.com
It appears that you know how the Junk Email suppose to behave. I would like to take this opportunity to educate others who may be reading this post.
Outlook for the Web: Recently, Microsoft separated Junk Emails drop-down menu into two categories:
- Report: Report Phishing and Report Junk
- Block: Block Sender and Never Block Sender
They are located in the top navigation. You may need to select the More options (three dots) to see these choices.
Report Phishing: Suspicious fraudulent mail requesting for personal information; possible virus; protection from hackers
Report Junk: Unknown Senders (Bot marketers); your email was part of a purchase email database or listBlock Sender: You once subscribed, joined or provided your email details but no longer interested
Never Block Sender: A trusted sender
If you find this information useful, please mark it as the best answer or like this post which will assist others with the same question./Teresa
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Teresa_Cyrus
Aug 23, 2022MVP
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Victor Ivanidze
Jan 01, 2023Copper Contributor
The reliable way to move all emails from the Junk folder to Inbox is using the flow named FromJunkToInbox: https://ivasoft.com/fromjunktoinboxflow.shtml
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