Mail doesn't remember a message is Junk

Whether I am working from my Macbook Air (OS X 10.7), iPad (3rd gen using iOS 5) or iPhone 4 (iOS 5) I will always get junk mail. I mark the sender as junk every time, but the sender still shows up in my inbox every time.
Is this a preference in Mail, iCloud maybe?
Anyone out there have an idea?

Mail's Junk filter has nothing to do with the sender. It is based on an analysis of the content of the message. True spam rarely comes from the same sender, so that is a fruitless way of filtering spam. If you are getting repeated messages from the same sender, try making a rule to deal with that sender.

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