Junk E-Mail filter problem in Outlook 2003

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Russell Campbell

Suddenly, 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.
This is Outlook 2003 on WinXP and it's a POP account. Any help would be
appreciated.
 
Russell Campbell said:
Suddenly, 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. This is Outlook 2003
on WinXP and it's a POP account. Any help would be appreciated.
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Apply any updates recently?
 
This is a new machine, so after installing from the CD, I got the updates.
But it was running fine for a few days at least, then stopped working. I
don't think I did any updates that would affect it - probably none at all,
though I have MS Update turned on, so it might have installed something. Is
there a way to deconfigure and reconfigure it. I tried turning it off and
back on, but that did not help.
 
Russell Campbell said:
This is a new machine, so after installing from the CD, I got the
updates. But it was running fine for a few days at least, then
stopped working. I don't think I did any updates that would affect
it - probably none at all, though I have MS Update turned on, so it
might have installed something. Is there a way to deconfigure and
reconfigure it. I tried turning it off and back on, but that did not
help.
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Any add-ins like Blackberry? Consider trying this as well:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/fix_junk.htm
 
I just sat down at the computer after having been away for a few hours and
noticed there were no new e-mails. Strange, I thought. Should have at
least gotten some spam. So I hit Send and Receive to see what I'd get.
Nothing. Then I looked at the Junk E-Mail folder. 82 spam messages! So
suddenly it has decided to start working again. And I haven't made any
changes. I did not know what to do and have been searching around for a
solution, but I made no changes. Obviously, the thing has a mind of its
own. I wonder if it's going to do this for awhile and then go back to not
filtering again!
 
Suddenly, 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.
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That happened to me on the last update (not the most recent one, but
the one before that).

I uninstalled the update, rebooted, reinstalled it, rebooted... fine.
 
I am also having the same problem and it happended after I ran updates on
Friday evening. I do not have restore points enabled so I am unable to go
back and I do not see the updates listed in the add remove programs.

I downloaded the Outlook Spy application and I do not even have a Junk Email
Rule located in the Associated Contents section of my IMAPI folder, obviously
this is the problem. I tried installing Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter
2003 (KB943552) but it said it has already been installed.

I guess my only option is to reinstall Outlook???
 
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