Winoows Mail Junk E-Mail Folder Mystery

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Bad Bart

Hello,

Over the weekend, my Windows Junk E-mail Folder mysteriously started not
filling up. On a usual day, I used to get maybe 20-30 pieces of spam, and
they were always smoothly sent off to the Junk E-mail Folder. Now at times
there is no junk mail or, when there is, there are only 4 or 5 pieces at a
time. Normally I'd be thrilled not to be inundated, but occasionally mail is
sent mistakenly to the Junk E-mail Folder, and I'd like to be able to
retrieve it if necessary. So:

Am I in fact receiving junk mail but it's just not "registering"?

If so, how do I get to see it again, like I always could before?

I notice that the Junk E-mail folder itself now has a small red
slash-in-circle on it. I don't recall seeing that before this behavior. Is
it related to my issue and, if so, how do I set things right?

Many thanks for any and all responses!

Bart
 
F

Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

Bad Bart said:
Hello,

Over the weekend, my Windows Junk E-mail Folder mysteriously started not
filling up. On a usual day, I used to get maybe 20-30 pieces of spam, and
they were always smoothly sent off to the Junk E-mail Folder. Now at times
there is no junk mail or, when there is, there are only 4 or 5 pieces at a
time. Normally I'd be thrilled not to be inundated, but occasionally mail
is sent mistakenly to the Junk E-mail Folder, and I'd like to be able to
retrieve it if necessary. So:

Am I in fact receiving junk mail but it's just not "registering"?

If so, how do I get to see it again, like I always could before?

I notice that the Junk E-mail folder itself now has a small red
slash-in-circle on it. I don't recall seeing that before this behavior. Is
it related to my issue and, if so, how do I set things right?

Many thanks for any and all responses!

Bart
Click to expand...

Click Tools | Junk E-mail Options and see if any of them have changed.
 
G

Gary VanderMolen

Chances are, your ISP has made some adjustment at the server level,
which resulted in more of the spam being stopped at the server.
 
B

Bad Bart

Thanks. I checked my Junk Mail Option settings and nothing seemed to have
changed. I tried altering the settings, but the behavior was still the same.
Thanks again, then, for the likely suggestion that my ISP has made some
server adjustment.

Bart
 

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