How to mark as spam in microsoft outlook

This article is for Outlook Web App, which is used by organizations that manage email servers running Exchange Server or If you're using Microsoft or Exchange Server , your email program is Outlook on the web. For help with Outlook on the web, see Get help with Outlook on the web. Select this option if you want to turn off junk email filtering.

Warning: If you select this option, email detected as spam by Exchange Online Protection will be delivered to your Inbox if the spam action set by your administrator is to move these messages to the Junk Email folder. Select this option if you want to use junk email filtering. Add senders you trust and recipients that you don't want to block to this list. For more details, see Safe senders and recipients. If you select this check box, email from any address in your contacts folders will be treated as safe.

Blocked senders are domains and people you don't want to receive email messages from. Messages received from any email address or domain in your blocked senders list are sent directly to your Junk Email folder. For more details, see Blocked senders. In addition to Safe Senders and Recipients and Blocked Senders, you can use this setting to treat all email as junk unless it comes from someone included in your Safe Senders and Recipients list.

Safe senders are people and domains you always want to receive email messages from. Messages received from any email address or domain in your safe senders and recipients list are never sent to your Junk Email folder.

Sign in to Outlook Web App. For help, see Getting started in Outlook Web App. To add an entry to Safe senders and recipients , enter the email address or domain that you want to mark as safe in the Enter a sender or domain here text box, and then press Enter or select the Add icon next to the text box.

For example, to mark all email from addresses that end in contoso. To mark a specific person as safe, enter that person's full email address. No one likes spam or junk email. Tips: It's a good idea to regularly review messages in the Junk Email folder to check for legitimate messages that were incorrectly classified as junk. You can also mark the item as not junk by doing the following:.

You can make the filter more aggressive by changing the level of protection that it provides. The Junk Email Filter evaluates each incoming message based on several factors. These can include the time when the message was sent and the content of the message. While the Junk Email Filter checks your incoming messages automatically, Junk Email Filter Lists let you control what is considered spam.

Safe Senders list Email addresses and domain names in the Safe Senders List are never treated as junk email, regardless of the content of the message. You can add your Contacts and other correspondents to this list. However, by design, safe domains are not recognized by default in Exchange Online or in Exchange Online Protection.

Only blocked domains, blocked sender addresses, and safe sender addresses are recognized. If you use a Microsoft Exchange Server account, all names and addresses in the global address list GAL are automatically considered safe. The Safe Sender limit is Safe Recipients list If you belong to a mailing list or a distribution list, you can add the list sender to the Safe Recipients List.

Messages sent to these email addresses or domain names are never treated as junk, regardless of the content of the message. Blocked Senders list You can easily block messages from particular senders by adding their email addresses or domain names to the Blocked Senders List. When you add a name or email address to this list, Outlook moves any incoming message from that source to the Junk Email folder.

Messages from people or domain names that appear in this list are always classified as junk, regardless of the content of the message. Blocked Encodings list To block unwanted email messages that appear in another character set or alphabet, you can add encodings to the Blocked Encodings List. If you use an Exchange account , you have access to another layer of tools to combat junk email.

If you use Cached Exchange Mode or download to an Outlook data file. The filter lists are also used by the server to evaluate messages. The Junk Email Filter evaluates each incoming message to assess whether it might be spam, based on several factors.

By default, the Junk Email Filter is turned on and the protection level is set to Low. This level catches only the most obvious spam. Any message that is suspected to be junk is moved to the Junk E-mail folder. We recommend that you periodically review the messages in the Junk E-mail folder to check for legitimate messages that were incorrectly classified as junk. While the Junk Email Filter checks your incoming messages automatically, the Junk Email Filter Lists give you more control over what is considered spam.

You can add names, email addresses and domains to these lists so the Filter allows for messages from sources that you trust, or blocks messages that arrive from specific email addresses and domains that you don't know or trust.

Safe Senders List Email addresses and domain names in the Safe Senders List are never treated as junk email, regardless of the content of the message. Safe Recipients List If you belong to a mailing list or a distribution list, you can add the list sender to the Safe Recipients List. Blocked Senders List You can easily block messages from particular senders by adding their email addresses or domain names to the Blocked Senders List. When you add a name or email address to this list, Outlook moves any incoming message from that source to the Junk E-mail folder.

Blocked Encodings List To block unwanted email messages that appear in another character set or alphabet, you can add encodings to the Blocked Encodings List.

If you want to change your profile, export a copy of the Junk Email Lists before you make the changes, and then import the information into Outlook. If you use an Exchange account, you have access to another layer of capabilities and tools to combat junk email. The Junk E-mail Filter evaluates each incoming message to assess whether it may be spam, based on several factors.

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