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Windows Mail curiosities (should be outlook.com)
....winston‫ wrote:
Microsoft appears to be quite clear that is for prevention of delivery to the Junk Mail folder. - Did you not see the explanation when accessing the option in the web UI ? It specifically notes the following and exact same statement at least twice: qp Safe and blocked senders Messages from safe senders will not be sent to the junk email folder. /qp and qp Safe senders Messages from safe senders will not be sent to the junk email folder. /qp Doesn't appear to be any mention of 'whitelist' implying or giving the impression that Safe Senders does anything beyond prevention of filtering an address and/or a domain to the Junk Mail folder. It's a misleading function. If the "Senders" *aren't* safe, they shouldn't be in the Junk Mail folder, either. I would expect any mail reader to function using the general concepts of most mail readers for the past 20+ years, but YMMV. But, thanks for the information. I think we'll be dumping outlook.com as a service. -- best regards, Neil |
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Windows Mail curiosities (should be outlook.com)
Neil Gould wrote:
...winston‫ wrote: Microsoft appears to be quite clear that is for prevention of delivery to the Junk Mail folder. - Did you not see the explanation when accessing the option in the web UI ? It specifically notes the following and exact same statement at least twice: qp Safe and blocked senders Messages from safe senders will not be sent to the junk email folder. /qp and qp Safe senders Messages from safe senders will not be sent to the junk email folder. /qp Doesn't appear to be any mention of 'whitelist' implying or giving the impression that Safe Senders does anything beyond prevention of filtering an address and/or a domain to the Junk Mail folder. It's a misleading function. If the "Senders" *aren't* safe, they shouldn't be in the Junk Mail folder, either. I would expect any mail reader to function using the general concepts of most mail readers for the past 20+ years, but YMMV. But, thanks for the information. I think we'll be dumping outlook.com as a service. Unless you run your own mail server you may not find what your looking for anywhere. Web UI and isp web UI mail systems due to the obvious increased presence of malware, phishing, hijacking, mass emailing have adapted to protect their systems and their end users. Lol...some have suggested Gmail as an alternative. Gmail is similar - Safe Sender prevents messages from being delivered to the Gmail Spam folder. Whitelisting prevents labeling messages as Spam but only available in Google Apps for Work or Education. From Gmail qp Customizing spam filter settings Create an approved sender list to bypass Google's spam filter. You can approve specific senders based on the email address or domain Email whitelist - An email whitelist is a list of IP addresses that you deem are acceptable for sending mail to your domain and should not be labeled as spam. At this time, this feature is available only in Google Apps for Work or Education /qp Above sound familiar ? Outlook.com could use the exact same language without changing anything on its current statement about Safe Senders preventing delivery to its Junk (aka Spam) folder. And just like Outlook.com - Gmail is no different that message content can override its approved senders list qp Note: In some cases, "super spammy" messages sent from approved senders can still be marked as spam and delivered to recipients' Spam folder. /qp Web UI systems and many isp provided email accounts should not be compared with their past history or safe sender/whitelisting options in local email clients. (i.e. mail readers of the last 20 yrs). I hope you find what you're looking for but Safe/Approved Sender and/or Whitelisting may not be what you think it should do. -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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