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Outlook Junk E-Mail filter not working

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My Outlook 2003 junk e-mail filter is suddenly not working. All the junk e-mail that would normally go to the Junk E-Mail folder is now just dropping into my Inbox. I mean all the junk e-mail. It’s catching nothing. I have it set on Low and it always let some stuff slip through, but now it is just not working at all. I changed it to High and exited Outlook, re-opened Outlook and set it back to Low, exited Outlook and re-opened it and still I get the same behavior. Never seen this one
before. Any help would be appreciated.

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Did you ever Fix This??

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Have same issue. Any help would be appreciated.

I had that problem

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The junk mail filter just refused to work. This worked for me but may not for others. With Outlook closed, right click on the icon, choose properties. Choose E-mail accounts, remove yours and reconnect it. I had to do that yesterday for another reason. Now my junk mail filter is working again.

If you google this you will find suggestions that the rules “engine” is corrupt. I was planning on uninstalling/reinstalling Outlook and seeing if that worked. Good luck.

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