I have noticed some spam mail is automatically red flagged?

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I have noticed some spam mail is automatically red flagged?

I use mac mail flagging. I have noticed some spam mail is automatically red flagged? The spam email is actually in the spam folder where it should be but being red flagged means I have to manually remove flags from lot of email to allow me to continue using my flagging system effectively.

No rules are active. Junk email is filtered and moves to junk mailbox.

I note this has been discussed in forum previously but no clear/effective solution were provided.

Is there a way to prevent this automatic red flagging of some spam emails?

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Posted on Oct 29, 2022 02:17 AM

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Owl-53

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Nov 18, 2022 02:57 AM in response to dariusrejali

Good work there 👍 and sorry it took this workaround to solve the issue but at least is is now.

Do come back to the Apple Support Communities ( ASC ) in the future, if / or when additional questions may arise

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Owl-53

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Oct 29, 2022 07:34 AM in response to dariusrejali

Good point made by @Luis S above.

Have No Rules I have created and do receive Spam which 98& of the time never reach the iBox but arrive in Junk Folder UnFlagged.

That is unless the users e-mail Account is Hosted on an ISP Servers.

Somehow, the Servers was instructed to Filter / Flag certain e-mail addresses or Domains and has appended a Flag to those messages

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dariusrejali Author

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Nov 7, 2022 02:54 AM in response to Owl-53

Thank you for the advice and your time.

I have deleted all the rules. The emails are received at my Hotmail account.

The email is still coming with Red Flag. It is strange as the reg flag are allocated via Mac Mail while the email arrives from Hotmail somehow already flagged

Is there anything more I can do?

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Owl-53

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Nov 7, 2022 03:01 AM in response to dariusrejali

dariusrejali wrote:

Thank you for the advice and your time.

I have deleted all the rules. The emails are received at my Hotmail account.

The email is still coming with Red Flag. It is strange as the reg flag are allocated via Mac Mail while the email arrives from Hotmail somehow already flagged

Is there anything more I can do?

Close your e-mail client on the computer Apple Mail

Log in your Hotmail Account via your favourite Web Browser.

Are the e-mails appearing there ?

Are the e-mails appearing with any type of Flag

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dariusrejali Author

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Nov 16, 2022 08:10 AM in response to Owl-53

Yes. When I log on to outlook live online there are red exclamation marks next to these emails (this message was sent with high importance).

Is there a way for me to prevent emails from being labeled with the "This message was sent with high importance".?

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Owl-53

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Nov 16, 2022 08:21 AM in response to dariusrejali

While Logged into the Outlook Website - there might be Some Setting within your On-Line e-mail account to Remove this flagging .

Outside of that - speak to the Outlook People for specific Instructions to achieve this action.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook

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dariusrejali Author

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Nov 18, 2022 02:10 AM in response to Owl-53

I think I have managed to sort this out with a workaround.

As you advised I went to the outlook live website and set up a rule such that emails from the usual offenders (or in fact from anyone) is mark as a routine priority rather than a high priority (i.e the red flag/exclamation is removed). My spam email filter on the email app can then deal with the email as usual.

Thank you for your help.

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Oct 29, 2022 06:24 AM in response to dariusrejali

Are you sure you don’t have a Rule that is doing that? Flags are not applied to spam messages by default, so if not by a Rule that is most unusual.

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