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Friday, January 28th, 2022 4:51 PM

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emails going into spam/junk erroniously

I send emails to myself, and I also send group emails of which I am a member.  All these emails show up for a moment in the inbox, and then go directly to spam/junk.  I have tried to add filters to keep this from happening, but nothing works.  Also, if I move those emails into my mailbox, they go right back to spam/junk!

I have also created filters to discard spam emails by using a common part of the sender's email (other parts change all the time), but those DON'T work, and I keep having to deal with dozens of spam emails per day in my junk/spam folders.

This is more than frustrating!!!  

Also, what is VERY frustrating is that there seems to be NO way to live chat with a support person, the Xfinity chat doesn't respond to my questions, and won't direct me in the correct path to find answers.

HELP, PLEASE!  Thanks

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3 years ago

... All these emails show up for a moment in the inbox, and then go directly to spam/junk. ... if I move those emails into my mailbox, they go right back to spam/junk! ...

Comcast's Spam filters and the filters in webmail only operate on messages when they first arrive. If they are moved afterward it's most likely due to user action or to the spam settings of an email program or app on a user computer or mobile device.

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3 years ago

Hello there @user_1314b4!  Thank you so much for taking the time to reach out to Xfinity Support with Digital Care here on our Community Forum!  We are so glad to hear from you and want to assist in any way that we can to ensure you are having the best experience with accessing sending and receiving your email.  No worries!  You have reached out to the right place and we are going to help get this resolved for you.

 

Can you tell me if the emails that are not being received, are they all coming from the same sender?  Also are they all using the same service (like Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail, etc)? 

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@XfinityArmand​ 

When I send an email to myself, or an email to a group of which I am a member, they come in the inbox, and then after a minute or so go to junk/spam.

I have tried setting filters on xfinity to get those emails to go to the inbox, but that doesn't help.  in Outlook 365 I also entered my own email to safe senders, as well as the members of my group.

If I get the emails out of the junk/spam folder and put them in the inbox, they go right back to junk/spam.

It is the same whether I open emails in the xfinity website, or in outlook 365.

I don't know what to do.

Another issue: I have just started getting dozens of spam emails per day, and most use the same thing on the end of the sending address:  ".onmicrosoft.com".  I have tried putting that into filters to discard those emails, but they just keep coming.

Thanks for your help!

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I'd like to get the account pulled up. We may have to submit a ticket on our end to get the filter issue addressed, and see why those exact emails keep getting moved. Can you send us a DM with your name and address? 

 

• Click "Sign In" if necessary

• Click the "Direct Messaging" icon or https://comca.st/3iVtu1B

• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

• The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person", but don't do that.

Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there. As you are typing a drop-down list appears.

• Select "Xfinity Support" from the list. An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line.

• Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

• Press Enter or tap the > icon to send it any of those platforms will be able to assist. :)

 

I no longer work for Comcast.

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Thanks for responding. I am signed in on the Community page.  I am also signed up on the main Xfinity page.  I do not see a Direct Messaging Icon here.  The link you gave me does not work.  Please let me know what else I can do to get this problem resolved.   

Based on the message from XfinityCSAEmail, I have removed all filters from my Outlook program, and erased all filters from my Comcast Email accout, then added just a few new ones.  I entered "Contains" the email address they were coming from, and then added "Discard" as the action.  They are not affecting the spam coming in, which is 43 just this morning!

I would definitely like your help on this!

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To start a chat, you must be signed in. Please click the chat icon in the top right of the page next to the bell, and send your message to "Xfinity Support". 

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@XfinityKorie

Problem Solved!  I finally was directed to Oulook live help.

A lady spent more than an hour with me on multiple issues:  Emails to myself being dumped to spam immediately, continual pop-up box asking for my password and thus crippling Outlook completely, other squirrely malfunctions.  After the time she spent, she decided to see what she could do in Norton.  All issues answered with changing settings on security!  Amazing!  I called Norton, and their representative tweaked the settings for me and now I have full protection AND Outlook functioning the way it is supposed to!  This has been going on for months, and now in one day it is all fixed!

NOTE TO ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE with Outlook:  CHECK YOUR SECURITY PROGRAM FIRST!!!

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Official Employee

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3 years ago

Good afternoon,

What BruceW mentioned is correct. Comcast filters apply to emails at the time of receipt by the server. When you receive the email in your mailbox it has already passed through our filtration system. Your statement indicates that the email arrives in the inbox and after the fact it gets moved. This means that its something external to Comcast that is moving the emails and Comcast would be unable to resolve. Since you mentioned using third party email clients, you would want to troubleshoot/review the settings within it. Unfortunately, Comcast does not manage or maintain these third party applications and would be unable to assist with them.

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3 years ago

... I entered "Contains" the email address they were coming from, and then added "Discard" as the action.  They are not affecting the spam coming in ...

Email filters only operate on messages delivered to the Inbox, and only as they are being delivered. To use webmail filters to discard Spam you'd have to turn off Comcast's spam filtering. Then messages would stay in the Inbox long enough for your filters to act on them. But that would leave spam filtering entirely up to you, so probably not a good idea.

New Poster

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6 Messages

3 years ago

Hello,

I am having a similar issue as stated above where emails from a specific domain are going to my spam folder. I can right click on the email and select "not spam", and it works a few times, but it does not seem to be permanent.

I receive statements and invoices from the specific domain and I'd like to see if they can be whitelisted by your system.

I also work for the owner of the domain and I am afraid that if the emails are going to my spam folder that it is probably happening to other customers.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

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9 Messages

3 years ago

I've just discovered that I'm having the same problem.  Two individuals with dissimilar email addresses that correspond with me regularly have started going directly to spam.  I am checking the spam folder when I think about it and have occasionally found messages from Anita and Don there.  Just started in the last 2 weeks.  Nothing has changed on my end or theirs.  I use Norton anti-virus with lifelock, otherwise just straight Comcast.  Also, I have noted that, when I move spam from my inbox to spam folder using drag and drop the moved email will momentarily reappear in the inbox.  Nothing has changed on my end.  That I know of.

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@lstephen - Oh no! Thank you for the detailed message. We never like to learn a customer is having issues with Xfinity connect and want to help get to the bottom of this. Xfinity Connect email lets you set spam blockers with a Comcast email spam filter. You can check and see if any legitimate email was marked as spam by accident and use the toolbar to mark it Not Spam. Can you try this step and see if it helps? Learn more about email and spam filters, and Xfinty Connect  help here

 

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