In most situations, Outlook is set to purge spam automatically from its Junk folder 30 days after its receipt. Q: When I see spam in my Junk folder in Outlook, I immediately delete it. This transfers ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Geek Note: Once again, for lack of any questions from readers in the field, I turned to one of the questions asked by my ...

Getting to the bottom of your spam folder is not as scary as it sounds. (Photo: Getty) "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've probably heard this question before. But perhaps you weren't quite ...

A: While it sounds a bit counter-intuitive, seeing a large number of messages arrive in your spam folder each day does not necessarily indicate a problem. The junk folder itself (a.k.a. spam folder) ...

How to free up space by deleting large email messages in Microsoft Outlook Your email has been sent Microsoft Outlook is notorious for slowing down or not even responding when its data files grow too ...

A: Ideally, items deleted from your Junk folder should be permanently deleted when you instruct the email program to do so. This typically happens when you right-click over the items in the folder, or ...