outlook.com's terrible filtering

[fieldcar]

So, lately I've had a crazy influx of email coming to the inbox of my outlook account. I swear that they are doing it intentionally to "convince" me to go for the paid version.

To fix it, I added some filters, and it's been working fairly well. I'm kind of puzzled why they aren't used by default.

Have you had this issue? Do you have any good tips to prevent spam on outlook/hotmail?

Rules page:

Outlook

outlook.live.com

To create the filter, basically, add these to the condition for looking in the header, and then sent to junk.

 

[Marc v E]

I had such a terrible experience of ever increasing spam when I used hotmail/outlook, that I looked for alternatives. Tried Gmail and it's so much better I never looked back.

 

[Bleib]

I'm trying to teach it that certain emails are not spam but it never learns. Ever. Have corrected it at least 30 times by now

 

[Booker]

I just heard in some podcast or article that some AI LM recently leaked from Meta has caused a significant increase in email spam.
Since then, I have been receiving more spam, which fortunately is being caught by spam filters.

 

[anmpr1]

So, lately I've had a crazy influx of email coming to the inbox of my outlook account. I swear that they are doing it intentionally to "convince" me to go for the paid version.

I think you must be mistaken. Bill promised everyone he was going to solve that problem, back in 2004, at the WEF, in Davos. And we all know that Bill is...well, he's Bill. Now, if only he would tackle other things, like health issues, how wonderful would it be?

Gates: I'll rid the world of spam

The days of unsolicited spam email clogging up inboxes may now be numbered after Microsoft chief Bill Gates vowed to make spam emails obsolete, reports Antony Barnett.

www.theguardian.com

I don't ever think email spam will go away. In Office Outlook you can mark domains and addresses as 'junk', and they go into a dedicated folder. But you still have to go into the folder to delete them, in order to make sure you don't miss anything you actually wanted. I know some people who change email addresses occasionally, but that is just starting out all over. And can be a big hassle with established accounts.