IMAP Junk E-Mail Folder

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Hi All,

I have some IMAP accounts that I access under outlook. I have no automatic
junk mail filtering set in outlook options but every time outlook opens it
will create a junk email folder in the imap account.

if i delete the folder then it will just re-appear next time outlook
accesses it.

My question is there anyway to stop outlook automatically creating this
folder?

thanks in advance.
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Hi All,

I have some IMAP accounts that I access under outlook. I have no automatic
junk mail filtering set in outlook options but every time outlook opens it
will create a junk email folder in the imap account.

if i delete the folder then it will just re-appear next time outlook
accesses it.

My question is there anyway to stop outlook automatically creating this
folder?
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IMAP4 synchronizes to the folder hierarchy present in your IMAP4
account. Do you have a Junk folder up on the server? Use the webmail
interface to your IMAP4 account to check.
 
no i checked this. took outlook offline, deleted the folder in imap.
connected outlook again and bam, there is is again.

i know it's outlook because the folder is 'junk e-mail' which outlook is the
only client that names it that way.

cheers for the reply.
 
CHC said:
no i checked this. took outlook offline, deleted the folder in imap.
connected outlook again and bam, there is is again.

i know it's outlook because the folder is 'junk e-mail' which outlook
is the only client that names it that way.
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Depends on how you comment to the IMAP server. For gmail, for example, if I
leave the "Root folder path" on the Advanced tab of the account properties
empty, the gmail server does not acquire a Junk E-mail folder, but the gmail
server's folders are not in the same level as Inbox; they're underneath a
folder hierarchy named "[Gmail]". If, however, I set the root folder path
to "[Gmail]" so that all of the IMAP PST folders are on the same level, then
Outlook will create the Junk E-mail folder on the server instead of simply
keeping it local.
 
CHC said:
thanks for the reply, yes it is a gmail account and i have left the
root folder path blank.
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Well, then, I can't explain it because for me, the Junk E-mail folder is not
added to the server. What version of Outlook are you using?
 
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