Hotmail/Outlook > Spam now arriving in inbox instead of junk

[The Enforcer]

Hi,

This morning I am getting all spam that is categorically not on my safe senders list arriving in my inbox instead of junk. It is still being washed and automatically deleted where applicable by MW, as I have it set to check both inbox and junk. However, this should not be happening as I have the following settings:

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The biggest annoyance is that this means I am now receiving alerts on my mobile whenever spam arrives in my inbox.

This is probably nothing to do with MW, but just wondering if other Hotmail/Outlook users are having this issue. If anyone has had this issue in the past, how did you fix it?

Cheers,
TE

[TrustFire]

This is probably nothing to do with MW, <snip>

Yes, that is right — MailWasher has got nothing to do with this particular issue.

Hi,

This morning I am getting all spam that is categorically not on my safe senders list arriving in my inbox instead of junk. It is still being washed and automatically deleted where applicable by MW, as I have it set to check both inbox and junk. However, this should not be happening as I have the following settings:

<snip>

The biggest annoyance is that this means I am now receiving alerts on my mobile whenever spam arrives in my inbox.

Cheers,
TE

MICROSOFT’S OUTLOOK SPAM EMAIL FILTERS ARE BROKEN FOR MANY RIGHT NOW (source)

Microsoft’s Outlook spam filters appear to be broken for many users today. I woke up to more than 20 junk messages in my Focused Inbox in Outlook this morning, and spam emails have kept breaking through on an hourly basis today. Many Outlook users in Europe have also spotted the same thing, with some heading to Twitter to complain about waking up to an inbox full of spam messages.

Most of the messages that are making it into Outlook users’ inboxes are very clearly spam. Today’s issues are particularly bad, after weeks of the Outlook spam filter progressively deteriorating for me personally.

Outlook spam filter is garbage pic.twitter.com/3SwwP1X9SE

— Brett Lemoine (@bremic9188) February 20, 2023
If you’re also getting inundated with spam right now, it might be worth temporarily disabling notifications for any email app on your phone that’s connected to your Outlook personal account. That will stop your phone waking up constantly to show you a notification about a spam email you definitely don’t care about.

We’ve reached out to Microsoft to comment on the Outlook spam issues and we’ll update you accordingly once the company is able to respond.