I'm used of MS Office for the PC, but recently got an iMac and i'm running Lion with Office 2011 for the Mac. Outlook for the PC was easy to add a sender to either the block or allow list. Just right-click on the email and the selection to block or allow was there.



With the Mac version, my only choices are Mark as Junk and Block Sender. If I want to allow the sender, that's not the choice I want. The mac version does have a Safe Domains list and a Blocked Senders list. However, the only way I see to add to the list is manual. I've got to type or copy and past into the list which is a big step back from right-click, selection.

Additionally, with the PC version I could specify the sender was ok, but not give an ok to the entire domain.

Have I missed something, or is Mac Outlook woefully behind the times here?

With outlook 2011 junk mail feature, you have to think as all in-bound email will automatically be placed in your inbox or junk email folder. if your initial seetings redirects an inbound mail to your Junk folder then right click the message and select Mark as NOT junk. This places the message back into the inbox.

Unfortunately Microsoft did not add a click able option to enable a domain into the safe domain area. remember you only have to add the domain sending the messages.

Hope this helps.

Here's why I find this so inconvenient. It's not that I'm finding a bunch of emails in the junk folder that shouldn't be. What's happening is that outlook is automatically not downloading images in the email and I'm continually having to click on the download pics button.

In windows, all I had to do was right-click on the mail and select either add sender or add sender's domain to the safe list. Now to get that done I'm going to have copy the email address, navigate to the safe domains list, paste it in, delete that part of the email address that is not the domain, click ok and done. Sheesh!

Outlook is blocking the download of pics in all emails in my inbox, not just the ones it sends to my junk folder. I find this incredibly inconvenient. Outlook's help says it blocks embedded pictures in messages it assigns to the junk folder. It's doing that for my inbox too.

I don't want pictures automatically downloaded unless I've given approval via adding it to the safe list. It used to be so much easier.

BTW, I've added a couple of domains to the safe domains list. Apparently you can't hit return when adding to that list, so the domains I add will all so on the same line?

The easiest way to reach the safe senders list is tools > Junk e-mail protection.

Your correct. the adding of a save sender requires you to place commas between each entree.

Another option is to create a sender as a contact. outlook 201 will not regard any messages sent from a contact as junk. Testing showe picture came through without having to change junk levels.

Hope this helps.

Yeah, I read that in the help and I don't like adding contacts to my contact file that aren't real contacts. I think the way Mac Outlook handles junk mail sucks.

Only thing to hope for is an update to the Outlook 2011 program. perhaps Microsoft will add this feature back into its product.

Best Regards,

I've been Outlook user for 15+ years on windows and just switched to mac outlook 2011 on new macbook. The junk mail filter STICKS even with settings on high, TONS of junk email comes in. This is material degradation from outlook on windows with same office exchange server. I even changed junk filter to "Exclusive" which is suppose to just be my contacts list, and I STILL get spam. Any help or ideas are appreciated. I've searched internet and have found very little. I can't believe I'm the only person . ANY help or ideas out there??

I've also just switched to a MacBook, only because there was MS Office for Mac, but the Outlook is useless because the junk mail filter simply is "junk!" I've tried importing from my old pc Outlook, creating new blocked senders, and nothing works. AND... they just releases an update for Office for Mac 2011 and never even mentioned the problems with junk mail filter. If anyone has any ideas, I'd certainly like to hear them. Otherwise, I'm off to use Mac Mail, where the junk mail DOES WORK!!