Windows live mail fails to stop spam.

[tanzanos]

Since the last upgrade of windows live mail; It has stopped catching spam. Even though I mark spam, it never seems to remember it and allows spam to pass. Windows live offers no support in this area. Is there a way to install outlook express on windows 7 and then I can install a third party anti spam?

 

[Phone Man]

Click the icon at top left and then under Options select Safety Options. Lots of configuration in the various tabs.



Jim

 

[dawiba]

I have the same problem and have my settings set to high (as before the upgrade).

Are you saying I should change it to No Automatic Filtering?

 

[Phone Man]

No, That is where I have mine set. Just review all the options and see what may work for you.

Jim

 

[dawiba]

Okay, Ive tried the various options, but it still lets all junk into my inbox.

Any ideas?

Edit: Meant to add that the exact same setting (i.e High) worked perfectly on the previous version

 

[tanzanos]

Mine also worked perfectly before and was and still is set to HIGH and yet spam still passes through. Even spam that I mark as spam passes through. I use MS security essentials.

 

[dawiba]

I managed to sort the junk mail problem by switching to Thunderbird where junk mail seems to be filtered perfectly (so far anyway).

Probably not the answer you wanted, but it's one solution

 

[HonorGamer]

Another solution is switching email providers. Like Gmail, yahoo.

 

[tanzanos]

I use my ISP e-mail. Webmail is not my style. I finally got used to live mail and now have this annoying problem. What's up with MS? Are they on mushrooms?????

 

[dawiba]

As well as my ISP email, I also use Gmail and Live.com (Hotmail). I'd rather not send emails from either of those services as they like to put a message on the email that, even though I'm sending using the email address from my ISP, says you're sending this email from Gmail/Live.com. No thanks.

Thunderbird is working just fine as far as junk mail goes with the added benefit that I can now add or delete events in my Google Calendar right from within Thunderbird using the Lightning extension. Live Mail was only capable of accessing the Google Calendar as read only.

Whether it's Thunderbird or Live Mail, it's just software and I'll use the one that works for me and at the moment, that's Thunderbird.

Thanks for the help and suggestions though

 

[roncerr]

I just noticed that WLM on Win7 differs from WM on Vista in that the Windows Updates no longer show any "Update for Windows Mail Junk email filter KB905866" entries or anything to replace them. Also WLM calls the Junk email options "Safety" options.

I found a recent post regarding the WLM Junk Email problem from a quick google search:

"WLM 2011 Junk mail fixPanic posted on Sunday, October 31, 2010 1:01 PM
I found this "fix" and am passing it on.
Here is a way I fixed the broken mail filters after updating to Live
Mail/Essentials 2011.
1. Make sure all your junk mail settings are set up and saved the way you
want and close out of Live Mail.
2. Go to > Control Panel > Programs and Features > right click Windows Live
Essentials 2011 > click Uninstall/Change.
3. Select "Repair all Windows Live programs" in the dialog box.
4. After the repair is done, reboot when asked.
Your mail filters should work now.
Hopefully the techs will release a fix to the updater soon."

 

[dawiba]

roncerr

I tried your suggestion this morning and the junk mail filter works perfectly now. This is appreciated as I do prefer WLM over Thunderbird.

Many thanks for your help

 

[tanzanos]

I tried your fix and shall see if it works. Thanks for your help.

 

[tanzanos]

It works thanks a million