Does office 365 automatically delete junk mail
Office 365, like other email services, has various features to help manage and reduce junk mail, also known as spam. While it doesn't automatically delete all junk mail, it does have some built-in features to help minimize the amount of spam you receive. Here's what Office 365 offers:
- Spam filtering: Office 365 uses advanced algorithms and machine learning to identify and filter out spam emails. This feature is enabled by default, and it's quite effective in blocking most spam emails.
- Junk email folder: When Office 365 detects an email that it thinks is spam, it moves it to the Junk Email folder. You can access this folder by going to the "Junk Email" folder in your Outlook inbox.
- Safe Senders and Blocked Senders lists: You can add specific senders to your Safe Senders list to ensure that emails from those senders are not marked as spam. Conversely, you can add senders to your Blocked Senders list to prevent them from sending you emails altogether.
- Mark as Junk: You can also manually mark an email as junk by clicking the "Junk" button in the email's toolbar. This helps Office 365's algorithms learn what constitutes spam and improves its filtering accuracy over time.
While these features can significantly reduce the amount of junk mail you receive, they're not foolproof. Some spam emails may still slip through, and you may need to manually delete them.
To further customize your junk email settings, you can:
- Go to the Office 365 admin center and navigate to "Mail" > "Junk email"
- Adjust the junk email filtering settings, such as the level of filtering or the types of emails to be filtered
- Configure custom spam filtering rules using Exchange Online Protection (EOP) or Microsoft 365 Defender
Keep in mind that Office 365's junk email filtering is designed to be a balance between accuracy and minimizing false positives (i.e., legitimate emails being marked as spam). If you're concerned about a specific email being marked as spam, you can always check the Junk Email folder or mark the email as "Not Junk" to help improve the filtering algorithm.