Filtering Junk Email in Outlook on a PC

How to Steps

To learn about how to "train" your Outlook to filter junk and phishing emails you can also review this Zoom video.

1.  Select (highlight) the email to mark as junk.

2.  Find the Report Message tab in the Ribbon.

3.  Click on the drop down arrow to see the options.

4.  Select whether the email is either Junk, a Phishing email, or Not Junk.

Another method of tagging emails as junk or not:

1.  If you receive an email in your Inbox, you can designate it as Junk by:

  • Right-click the email subject.
  • Select Junk.
  • Select the appropriate action.

2.  Periodically monitor the Junk Email folder for any emails that may have been moved incorrectly into that folder.  If there is an email that should be be considered junk:

  • Right-click the email.
  • Select Junk.
  • Select the appropriate action to correct the error.

 

 

 

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