Mail from contacts and VIPs going to spam folder

How do I prevent any incoming mail where the sender is either in my contacts, a VIP, or both from going into my junk/spam folder? This keeps on happening, even with mail coming from senders for whom this has not happenned in the past. I've gone through all the rules I've set up and can find nothing which would cause this to happen.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Sep 18, 2023 10:51 PM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 05:55 AM

The most common reason for this is that the mail was marked as spam at the server. This will take precedence over anything else. You could try and change this by unchecking "Trust junk mail headers in messages" in Mail->Settings->Junk Mail.

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Sep 19, 2023 04:28 AM in response to Wet Baloney

Wet Baloney wrote:

How do I prevent any incoming mail where the sender is either in my contacts, a VIP, or both from going into my junk/spam folder? This keeps on happening, even with mail coming from senders for whom this has not happenned in the past. I've gone through all the rules I've set up and can find nothing which would cause this to happen.

Has the user ( you ) inadvertently marked the Sender(s) as Blocked ?


Mail >> Setting >> Junk Mail tab


Refer to below image of some of my Blocked senders




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