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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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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]



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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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| 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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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:

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]



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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.

|

|

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| "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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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.



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: