Outlook shouldn't prompt for read-receipt when emptying junk mail

[Guest]

I recently received an email in my inbox that was obviously spam e-mail. As I
typically do, I added the sender of the email to my blocked senders list. The
email was moved to my Junk E-mail folder. When I went to empty my Junk E-mail
folder, I was prompted with a message that the sender had requested a
read-receipt, do I want to send the read-receipt to the user. I, of course,
replied no to avoid confirming my address with the spammer.

In my opinion, when emptying my Junk E-mail folder, I should never be
prompted to send a read-receipt. Since the email requesting the read-receipt
is in the Junk E-mail folder, the read-receipt request should be
automatically ignored and I should not be prompted to send the read-receipt.
It's not really a security hole, but for less astute users, this situation
could lead to a significant increase in the amount of spam e-mail they
receive.


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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook does not distinguish between junk mail and legit mail when it is
prompted for a read receipt. Just because you "moved" the mail to the junk
folder does not change any of the properties of the email that were set by
the sender.

In other words, your actions have no effect on what options the sender set
on the message.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Luminal asked:

| I recently received an email in my inbox that was obviously spam
| e-mail. As I typically do, I added the sender of the email to my
| blocked senders list. The email was moved to my Junk E-mail folder.
| When I went to empty my Junk E-mail folder, I was prompted with a
| message that the sender had requested a read-receipt, do I want to
| send the read-receipt to the user. I, of course, replied no to avoid
| confirming my address with the spammer.
|
| In my opinion, when emptying my Junk E-mail folder, I should never be
| prompted to send a read-receipt. Since the email requesting the
| read-receipt is in the Junk E-mail folder, the read-receipt request
| should be automatically ignored and I should not be prompted to send
| the read-receipt. It's not really a security hole, but for less
| astute users, this situation could lead to a significant increase in
| the amount of spam e-mail they receive.
|
|
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| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
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| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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[Guest]

I understand that it doesn't distinguish between junk and legit mail. That's
obvious by how Outlook acted. What I'm saying is that it should distinguish
between legit and junk email. Outlook should be able to tell that the email
is in the Junk E-mail folder, so why can't it treat it differently than
something in your Inbox.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And, oh programming guru, how will it be able to do that when the USER is
the one who determines what is junk mail and what is not?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Luminal asked:

| I understand that it doesn't distinguish between junk and legit mail.
| That's obvious by how Outlook acted. What I'm saying is that it
| should distinguish between legit and junk email. Outlook should be
| able to tell that the email is in the Junk E-mail folder, so why
| can't it treat it differently than something in your Inbox.
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Outlook does not distinguish between junk mail and legit mail when
|| it is prompted for a read receipt. Just because you "moved" the
|| mail to the junk folder does not change any of the properties of the
|| email that were set by the sender.
||
|| In other words, your actions have no effect on what options the
|| sender set on the message.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Luminal asked:
||
||| I recently received an email in my inbox that was obviously spam
||| e-mail. As I typically do, I added the sender of the email to my
||| blocked senders list. The email was moved to my Junk E-mail folder.
||| When I went to empty my Junk E-mail folder, I was prompted with a
||| message that the sender had requested a read-receipt, do I want to
||| send the read-receipt to the user. I, of course, replied no to avoid
||| confirming my address with the spammer.
|||
||| In my opinion, when emptying my Junk E-mail folder, I should never
||| be prompted to send a read-receipt. Since the email requesting the
||| read-receipt is in the Junk E-mail folder, the read-receipt request
||| should be automatically ignored and I should not be prompted to send
||| the read-receipt. It's not really a security hole, but for less
||| astute users, this situation could lead to a significant increase in
||| the amount of spam e-mail they receive.
|||
|||
||| ----------------
||| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
||| the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
||| click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see
||| the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
||| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|||
|||
||
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[Guest]

Ok jerk, what folder is it in? If it's in the Junk E-mail folder the USER
determined it's junk. Don't appreciate the condescending attitude. Hopefully
not all MVP's have the same disrespectful attitude.

And, oh programming guru, how will it be able to do that when the USER is
the one who determines what is junk mail and what is not?

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Luminal asked:

| I understand that it doesn't distinguish between junk and legit mail.
| That's obvious by how Outlook acted. What I'm saying is that it
| should distinguish between legit and junk email. Outlook should be
| able to tell that the email is in the Junk E-mail folder, so why
| can't it treat it differently than something in your Inbox.
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Outlook does not distinguish between junk mail and legit mail when
|| it is prompted for a read receipt. Just because you "moved" the
|| mail to the junk folder does not change any of the properties of the
|| email that were set by the sender.
||
|| In other words, your actions have no effect on what options the
|| sender set on the message.
||
|| --ÂÂ
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Luminal asked:
||
||| I recently received an email in my inbox that was obviously spam
||| e-mail. As I typically do, I added the sender of the email to my
||| blocked senders list. The email was moved to my Junk E-mail folder.
||| When I went to empty my Junk E-mail folder, I was prompted with a
||| message that the sender had requested a read-receipt, do I want to
||| send the read-receipt to the user. I, of course, replied no to avoid
||| confirming my address with the spammer.
|||
||| In my opinion, when emptying my Junk E-mail folder, I should never
||| be prompted to send a read-receipt. Since the email requesting the
||| read-receipt is in the Junk E-mail folder, the read-receipt request
||| should be automatically ignored and I should not be prompted to send
||| the read-receipt. It's not really a security hole, but for less
||| astute users, this situation could lead to a significant increase in
||| the amount of spam e-mail they receive.
|||
|||
||| ----------------
||| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
||| the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
||| click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see
||| the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
||| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|||
|||
||
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