Mac Mail junkmail filtering

When I activate the junkmail filter option, tried all sorts of combinations, Mac mail keeps filtering important messages, while missing obvious junk mail.    Is there anything I can do to make MacMail not junk anything on its own, but remember every e-mail I mark as Junk, and make sure I never receive mail from that sender again?   it seems like an obvious feature. 

I agree completely. The only solution is 3rd party software. I use SpamSieve.

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