Microsoft e-mail question?

[2LaneCruzer]

I have found that my email automatically deletes email from one of my friends, and it also deletes email that I send to myself...neither are on my blocked list. Not a world shattering problem, but a bit irritating. Anyone know of a simple fix?

Thanks in advance;
Dennis

 

[riptides]

I have found that my email automatically deletes email from one of my friends, and it also deletes email that I send to myself...neither are on my blocked list. Not a world shattering problem, but a bit irritating. Anyone know of a simple fix?

Thanks in advance;
Dennis

A scratch built filter or rule run afoul? Or...perhaps you classified yourself and friend as "junk mail"? Which Microsoft mail client?

 

[aczlan]

Are you using Hotmail/Live Mail/Outlook.com? IMO, they have the worst spam filters around. Switch to Gmail 99.99% and your spam problems will go away (it can even retrieve email from your old email account for you).

Aaron Z

 

[tcartwri]

The only problem with using gmail, is that you will be filtered out by a lot of your recipients.

 

[IXLR8]

The only problem with using gmail, is that you will be filtered out by a lot of your recipients.

And Gmail is just one more hook to collect data on you in the Google database.

 

[IXLR8]

I have found that my email automatically deletes email from one of my friends, and it also deletes email that I send to myself...neither are on my blocked list. Not a world shattering problem, but a bit irritating. Anyone know of a simple fix?

Thanks in advance;
Dennis

As Riptides suggested, look in your rules and see if there is something there that might be deleting things on you, it is under the "sweep" pull down.

 

[aczlan]

The only problem with using gmail, is that you will be filtered out by a lot of your recipients.

Which ones? I haven't had any issues with my normal contacts and with the way Craigslist works now, there isnt any way to tell who the sender actually is. I'ev had Gmail since ~2003 and like it

And Gmail is just one more hook to collect data on you in the Google database.

So, who's database should I put it into? Microsoft's? Yahoo's? Its going into someone's database no matter what email client I use. Even if I setup my own server, its going into someone's database when it goes across the internet.

Aaron Z

 

[tcartwri]

Which ones? I haven't had any issues with my normal contacts and with the way Craigslist works now, there isnt any way to tell who the sender actually is. I'ev had Gmail since ~2003 and like it

Aaron Z

My work firewall for one.

 

[aczlan]

My work firewall for one.

So you let through email from Hotmail and Yahoo, but not from Gmail?

Aaron Z

 

[rekees4300]

And Gmail is just one more hook to collect data on you in the Google database.

Yes, that's why I decline to use anything related to Google. To make matters worst, the Google database is synonymous with NSA database.

 

[aczlan]

Yes, that's why I decline to use anything related to Google. To make matters worst, the Google database is synonymous with NSA database.

And you think that the ones for Yahoo or Hotmail aren't?

Aaron Z

 

[riptides]

Sheesh.... all the providers have their "features".

Use encryption and trusted senders, and one may be able to avoid the inspections part to a point.

 

[aczlan]

Sheesh.... all the providers have their "features".
Use encryption and trusted senders, and one may be able to avoid the inspections part to a point.

Not a problem on my end, just a problem of getting people on the other end to do the same...

Aaron Z

 

[2LaneCruzer]

A scratch built filter or rule run afoul? Or...perhaps you classified yourself and friend as "junk mail"? Which Microsoft mail client?

I display my ignorance by admitting that I can't answer your questions because I don't understand them. I can say that I use Outlook; and that to my knowledge, I haven't made any changes in a long, long time. I have run it through the Microsoft "fix it" scenario, but no fix. I had this problem one other time, but when the computer crashed and I added a new hard drive and downloaded all of the software again, the problem was gone for over a year.

 

[rekees4300]

And you think that the ones for Yahoo or Hotmail aren't?

Aaron Z

They probably are but I don't use those either.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Help! E-mail from my friend is considered Junk. How can I fix this and avoid it in the future? - OIT HelpDesk / Knowledgebase