Junk Email Filter with IMAP Not Working

[Dean]

The Junk Email Filter in Outlook 2003 has never worked for
me. I am using an IMAP account, and according to Microsoft
the Junk Filter DOES support IMAP accounts.

Apparently you need to download whole message not just the
header so I have enabled 'Download Complete Item including
Attachments' instead of 'headers only' in Send Recieve
Options.

But still no joy!

What am I doing wrong? Are there any other settings that
need to be set to get it to work?
I have set the Junk Filter to high, also added email
address's to blocked senders list but still messages are
not moved to the Junk folder. Any help would be great.

Thanks
Dean

 

[John Schneider]

Dean,

Looks like we both are having the same problem. Did you every get any
resolution to this issue?

Thanks,
John

 

[Guest]

I'm the third person with the same problem. Lots of others on other sights.
No help from MS at all.

 

[John Schneider]

I just noticed some strange behavior yesterday. I booted the machine and
started Outlook (2003). As the messages were being retrieved, the junk
email would go to the junk folder, then immediately to the Inbox!

How is it that Outlook does indeed recognize junk email, downloads it to the
junk folder, but then moves it to the Inbox in my personal folders? Now I'm
thinking it must have something to do with my rules. I have about 15 rules
to move items from specific senders to specific folders. Each one of these
rules ends with "stop processing more rules". At the very end, there is a
catch-all rule that says "Apply this rule after the message arrives / move
it to the Inbox folder", but there is no exception for junk email. I just
don't understand why Outlook would still move the message to the Inbox when
it had already filed it in the junk folder.

Any ideas out there?