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Messages moved to spam folder on server not deleting per filter

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I have a filter for a particularly frequent spam FROM: address. The filter is set to act when anything in the FROM contains the spam address "onmicrosoft.com". When it locates such, the filter marks the message read, and then moves the message to TRASH on my main account. The problem is, I think, that these messages are caught by my server-side spam filter and it moves the messages to the Spam folder. And the filter can't see them there I guess. A lot of what gets marked spam by the server is wrong, and I want those in the spam filter so I can go on the server and mark them NOT SPAM. So I want these I know are spam to go to the trash, and I'll just delete them unread. Is there a way to point the filters at the spam folder and not just the inbox?

I have a filter for a particularly frequent spam FROM: address. The filter is set to act when anything in the FROM contains the spam address "onmicrosoft.com". When it locates such, the filter marks the message read, and then moves the message to TRASH on my main account. The problem is, I think, that these messages are caught by my server-side spam filter and it moves the messages to the Spam folder. And the filter can't see them there I guess. A lot of what gets marked spam by the server is wrong, and I want those in the spam filter so I can go on the server and mark them NOT SPAM. So I want these I know are spam to go to the trash, and I'll just delete them unread. Is there a way to point the filters at the spam folder and not just the inbox?

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