Mark as spam on iPhone

Agreed, there should be something you could do regarding spam, but AFAIK, there's not an easy solution for iCloud accounts. That's why I use Gmail... it has fantastic spam filters at the server level... I don't have to do any filtering on my devices, ever. I never get spam in my Inbox, it automatically goes to my Spam folder, as per the default Gmail rules. Like any product or service, if what you're using is not acceptable, switch.

With message open, on either the iPhone or the iPad click on the folder-with-arrow icon in the toolbar, then on the "Junk" folder. The message will move to that folder AND will be mark as junk mail, improving your server side spam filtering.

If the message is already open then the damage has already been done. The original poster is looking for a way to file the email as spam WITHOUT opening the message. I have the same issue. It has not been resolved in iOS 6.

you can do that in iOS6 as follows:

1. tap edit on the inbox view
2. tap the checkbox(circle) in front of spam email
3. tap move button at bottom of the screen
4. select the junk folder

the result is an unread email in the junk folder. Whether or not that adds smarts to the server side filtering I don't know, but if this particularly nasty spam I've been getting doesn't show up again I am going to assume it does...

Many useful suggestions above.

Another option is to use a third party spam filter like Spam Sieve.You can read more on the details of filtering in relation to your mobile- see reference:

http://c-command.com/spamsieve/manual-ah/iphone-spam-filtering

There is no junk folder in mu Apple email accounts. Should I create one?

did you ever get an answer on this? I have no junk (or spam) folder either.

No replies on this topic, however, I checked my accounts again and I do have a junk folder in one @icoud.com account but not in the other one. Both are active.. There is no rhyme or reason that I can see.

Read this Spam filtering in iCloud artikel:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4899

Another nifty way, without opening the spam message, is:

1. Swipe the message to the left

2. tap More

3. tap Move to Junk

That's moving to Junk folder. It's not marking it as spam.

I don't have a spam box to mark, but I did what you said and marked "junk" instead. It seems to have worked, I'll test it further. I've been slammed lately with spam, so frustrating. I wander if Apple did this on purpose? It's such a glaring defect.

BTW, my response was to NYFanboy up above and his steps:

you can do that in iOS6 as follows:

1. tap edit on the inbox view
2. tap the checkbox(circle) in front of spam email
3. tap move button at bottom of the screen
4. select the junk folder

the result is an unread email in the junk folder. Whether or not that adds smarts to the server side filtering I don't know, but if this particularly nasty spam I've been getting doesn't show up again I am going to assume it does...