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    lost junk file

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by howitzer, Jan 1, 2010.

  1. howitzer

    howitzer Notebook Enthusiast

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    A friend keeps sending e-mail but I don't receive them.He receives mine. He says to look in my junk file to see if messages are there.I don't have a junk file showing on my PC.

    How do i locate my junk file. Thanks.
     
    howitzer, Jan 1, 2010
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    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ??? There is no "Junk file" for e-mails.

    There is a "spam folder" or a "junk folder" - that exists in Outlook and other mail clients, same goes for online e-mails services.

    Its not a separate file.

    Are you using a client (e.g. Outlook) or a web based service?
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 1, 2010
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  3. howitzer

    howitzer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks.I am using Outlook express.
     
    howitzer, Jan 1, 2010
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    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Outlook Express... ui... that's old :D (yes, I know, XP, and was free :))
    - I don't think it has a default Spam folder yet.

    However your Anti Virus (or more Security Suite) may have created one - else, check your deleted files folder.
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 1, 2010
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    your isp or mail provider might be running anti-spam on their servers that could have intercepted your friends email among many others. you'll probably need to log into their mail service via a web browser to check.
     
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    Thanks everyone.I will check this out.
     
    howitzer, Jan 1, 2010
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    Don't the forward everything if you set up POP or similar access?
    As far as I am aware they do.

    (But then I don't get any spam anyway...)
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 2, 2010
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    Stuff that gets flagged as Spam in my Gmail does not come though to my Thunderbird. I have to go online to Gmail and look at it there. Not sure why. No big deal, as I don't get much spam, either.
     
    jeremysdad, Jan 2, 2010
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    Interesting... never knew that... just checked my google account... 1 got one spam e-mail :D
    Can be rather problematic in the long run though... it shouldn't do that...
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 2, 2010
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    Agreed. I just never worried about it enough to try to correct it. lol... Will look into it, one day...
     
    jeremysdad, Jan 2, 2010
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    Probably because the Spam mailbox is not flagged as a valid mailbox that should be forwarded on to another email client - it is, after all, just one step removed from the garbage bin. You wouldn't be forwarding everything that got put in the garbage can, would you?
     
    Shyster1, Jan 3, 2010
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    Aye, but not everything that goes in there is necessarily junk. I just think it should be user configurable to make it visible over POP/IMAP, instead of hidden. That's all. :)
     
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    It probably is. Ask your isp/mail provider.
     
    newsposter, Jan 3, 2010
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    I have a spam folder in Thunderbird but need to expand the Gmail directory
     
    Hiker, Jan 3, 2010
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