{"id":281098,"date":"2024-05-14T19:23:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=332368"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:30:31","slug":"microsoft-takes-out-the-war-axe-against-spam-and-malicious-messages-in-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-takes-out-the-war-axe-against-spam-and-malicious-messages-in-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft takes out the war axe against spam and malicious messages in Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Microsoft Outlook, the email service<\/strong> provided by the company currently led by Satya Nadella, has decided to go all out against the annoying practices that flood the inboxes of <strong>hundreds of millions of users with spam messages or malicious emails<\/strong>. To do this, the company <strong>will start being stricter<\/strong> regarding the senders who carry out these types of practices, which not only generate dissatisfaction among users but also increase internet insecurity and risks.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/ecdc532a-99eb-11e6-89d3-00163ec9f5fa\/3414084918\/microsoft-outlook-logo\" alt=\"Microsoft Outlook\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Microsoft Outlook<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-outlook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-outlook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fight against spam and harmful emails<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Microsoft has recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/andro4all\/samsung\/samsung-galaxy-watch6-classic-analisis-opinion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">stated in a blog post<\/a>, certain changes will be made to the filtering of messages that users receive on a daily basis. Outlook, in fact, is a service prone to <strong>receiving many messages of this type<\/strong>, and that is why they are <strong>strengthening both the automatic filtering<\/strong> of messages and the appearance of warnings that alert recipients that these messages are controversial in terms of their reliability or security, and the <strong>intuitive improvement of manual filtering tools<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a positive measure if you consider that <strong>practically all users have suffered from spam messaging<\/strong>, or from scam or phishing attempts, among other crimes, and it remains to be seen if, in the coming months, the volume of spam is reduced through the <strong>improvements that Microsoft has implemented<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The recent improvements of Microsoft Outlook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft doesn&#8217;t just focus on <strong>fighting spam<\/strong> when it comes to improving the Outlook service. In fact, Microsoft Outlook itself has received a significant number of advancements and improvements in recent weeks that aim to enhance the <strong>service quality in different areas<\/strong>, including Artificial Intelligence, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-new-outlook-is-about-to-receive-enhancements-with-copilot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">once again provided by Copilot<\/a>, a Microsoft tool that boosts and enhances the functionalities of many applications in the <strong>Microsoft 365 productivity ecosystem<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With these improvements, Outlook continues to want to position itself as an email service <strong>constantly evolving<\/strong> and with intentions to compete against strong rivals such as Gmail, which, through the linking of smartphones, quickly <strong>obtained billions of users<\/strong>, who now have a great deal of trust in Gmail.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/ecdc532a-99eb-11e6-89d3-00163ec9f5fa\/3414084918\/microsoft-outlook-logo\" alt=\"Microsoft Outlook\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Microsoft Outlook<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-outlook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-outlook.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Outlook, the email service provided by the company currently led by Satya Nadella, has decided to go all out against the annoying practices that flood the inboxes of hundreds of millions of users with spam messages or malicious emails. To do this, the company will start being stricter regarding the senders who carry out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-takes-out-the-war-axe-against-spam-and-malicious-messages-in-outlook\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Microsoft takes out the war axe against spam and malicious messages in Outlook&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9285,"featured_media":281099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1072],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-281098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-microsoft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313191,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281098\/revisions\/313191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281098"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=281098"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=281098"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=281098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}