It's more complex than just "foreign sources" . E-mail headers carry much more information that just to, from and date. Spam filters test for a number of variables including whether the sender is who they say they are and if the "list" is a cover for bulk spam mailing or a potential denial of service attach. This includes verifying the senders IP address. Spammers/Hackers spend a lot of time trying to evade filters and it is always a risk adding to the safe senders list. Every now and again somebodies e-mail is compromised and we get an invitation to follow a dubious link. Paul -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jane Gould Sent: 26 January 2014 18:16 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Junk Email Folder Thanks for this Lance - have been trying to puzzle it out for ages. But emails in my junk folder have been from inside the uk and from people usually go straight to my inbox..... cheers, jane -----Original Message----- From: Lance L. Piatt Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:44 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Junk Email Folder Dear fellow list members, I figured out why some emails from the list go to the Junk email folder and others do not. It appears that Windows Live Mail determines that emails from foreign sources are automatically junk. In the Junk emial Folder, if I right click on the sender and select “Junk email” and then select “Add sender to the safe sender list”, and all following emails from that sender stops going to the Junk Folder. I hope this helps some of you. Regards, Lance ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message