Friend's incoming emails suddenly going to spam

Can I teach apple mail that an incoming email address is NOT spam? Can I modify the filters Apple uses to divert email to the spam folder? Intel iMac, latest MacOS.

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 11.6

Posted on Feb 20, 2023 2:05 PM

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Tony T1

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Feb 20, 2023 3:44 PM in response to bennettfromca

Check your Mail settings for Junk Mail.

See if "Sender of message is in my Contacts" is selected:

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