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Significant changes to the New Outlook Calendar Event User Interface
In October 2025, the New Outlook Calendar Event was redesigned to incorporate Copilot, leading to a complete user interface makeover. Many icons were rearranged. This blog post includes a screenshot, icon placement, and descriptions. New Outlook Scheduling Gets a Makeover - Copilot Chat Joins #traccreations4e-p25 10/29/2025
Outlook for Mac 2021 reading pane
I use Outlook 2021 for Mac, have for years. Just staring today, when I opened Outlook, my reading pane was located on the bottom of my emails. I have always had the pane on the right hand side of the window. I made no changes to any setting. I changed the reading pane back to the right side, but when I close Outlook and open it back up, the reading pane returns to the bottom of the screen. How can I get the reading pane to default to the right side of the window?
issue with user outlook inbox
hello i have a user that have on her outlook inbox and boite de reception. on old laptop i build a new laptop for her install office after the language to set to french i still see Inbox and boite de réception i try the switch : outlook.exe /resetfoldernames i still have inbox and mail arrive in inbox i have stuff in boites de reception. what can i do ? Thanks
Can incomng emails be blocked before they get to the inbox?
I don't mean send to trash or bulk. I'd like to send unwanted emails based on some item like FROM or a word in the body of the email or something else. I don't want to see it in any folder. I don't care what it says. I would never see the email in any form. It would just disappear.
How to Convert OST to EMLX Without Losing Attachments or Formatting
When migrating emails from Outlook to Apple Mail on macOS, you have to pick an approach that maintains all of the information in your OST files. Gadgets To convert OST to EMLX without losing formatting or attachments, a specialized tool called Baer OST to EMLX Converter has been created. By preserving folder structure, email content, and information attachments, it guarantees data integrity. Since it enables you to work using multiple OST files simultaneously, bulk conversion is ideal for personal as well as business usage. The intuitive interface makes the process simple for laypeople and amateurs, taking just a few clicks for completion. The app gives you full control over your data and permits you to see mail and export individual files. This tool is reliable and trustworthy.
Outlook 365 (classic) freezes syncing subscribed folders via IMAP
Win 11 home, with all current updates. Outlook 365 (365) Version 2510 Build 16.0.19328.20010) 64-bit; with all current updates. ISP: telusplanet.net (which is Google, with limited functionality), Servers: imap.gmail.com, port 993, SSL/TSL and smtp.gmail.com, port 465, SSL/TSL Protocol: IMAP. I was using POP before without any problems for years. The problem: When starting OL it downloads new mail messages OK. But after a while it freezes in ‘Synchronizing Inbox’ or rarely ‘Synchronizing Trush’ and does not download new messages from the server (which are visible in Gmail on Chrome) nor delete messages from the server, which were deleted locally. When this happens, to get it back, I need to shut OL down, wait, say 15 min, or longer, start it again and usually it is enough, occasionally I need to shut down and power the PC again. I have not uninstalled and reinstalled OL yet but am thinking of it. I use IMAP to sync mail, and Sync2 for contacts, calendar, and tasks – that works OK. I have tried just about anything possible, rebuilding profile, repairing OL, clearing cache, unlinking OneDrive, whatever I could think of, or what Copilot suggested, all to no avail. It is obviously very annoying. I believe, if it is happening to me, it must have had happened to others as well. It all started after switching from POP to IMAP. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated, Jan
outlook contacts continuously restore themselves
I decided to clean out my contacts in outlook, so I exported them all out to a .csv file and then I deleted all 1,200 of them (100 at a time, because apparently microsoft feels that any higher amount would be bad...). Then I spent a few hours in excel combining, consolidating and deleting them down into about 600 contacts. When I went back into outlook and clicked on people, to my surprise all 1,200 of my original contacts were right there again as if I'd done nothing. I figured that some other device must be restoring (through some normal synching process), so I turned off **REMOVED** computers and phones that I've ever used to access outlook). Then I deleted all of the contacts once more, this time using the OWA webpage with my local outlook completely closed. Unfortunately, the exact same thing happens. After repeating that process several more times last night, I shut down my laptop and went to bed. I got up this morning, opened my local outlook app, clicked on people and there were no contacts there at all. For about 5 seconds I was happy, until all 1,200 of them instantly popped right back up like a really bad joke or a dream. Something either on my computer or (I suspect) on microsoft outlook servers is automatically forcing a complete restore of all my contacts. Two side notes: 1) I can create/add and delete single contacts and those changes seem to stick, and 2) I can delete all contacts except a single one and that seems to stick, and 3) I can import my cleaned up .csv file containing 600 contacts back into outlook (with only the one single remaining contact in there), it says that all 600 contacts have been successfully imported, and then within minutes - all 1,200 contacts are back right where they were in the beginning. The truly frustrating part about this issue (and most companies these days), is that IF the customers could possibly **REMOVED** about it so that we can simply continue to make and sell more stuff. It's very sad
Outlook Desktop / Send emails via Non-Default Account
Hi, How to make non-default account to appear automatically in From field then external application is composing new email. Have 2 account in Outlook Desktop 365: test1 [@] contoso [.] com - default test2shared [@] contoso [.] com - shared non-default mailbox Option "Always use the default account when composing new messages" is unchecked already. How to make test2shared account to appear automatically in From field without selecting it in drop down list every time we compose a new email or external application is composing new email.Constantly being asked to reauthenticate accounts in Outlook for Mac
Hey everyone, I started running into a strange issue a few days ago. I am using Outlook for Mac Version 16.102.1 (25101829) with seven accounts configured. Out of nowhere, I keep getting repeated prompts to reauthenticate all my accounts. I use the Microsoft Authenticator app on my iPhone, get the push notification, approve the two digit code, and everything goes through fine. A few hours later, Outlook shows the same pop up again asking me to reauthenticate. I have gone through this process at least ten times now, and it keeps happening. Is anyone else seeing this issue or found a fix?webcal links not opening correctly in outlook
I create a webpage with the following content <a href="webcal://www.mydomain.se/mycal">TEST</A> When I click the link, outlook opens and tries to add a calendar, but sets the URL to //www.mydomain.se/mycal It also complains my url is incorrect. I would have expected it to insert a link like https://www.mydomain.se/mycal Is this an issue with outlook, or am I doing something wrong? Changing the link into <a href="webcal:https://www.mydomain.se/mycal">TEST</A> will make it work. But this seems like an incorrect url and might break other integrations, I guess. Any ideas?
Help exporting 1000+ contacts
Hello and thank you in advance, I have a list of 1000+ email addresses. i need to export the full contact info for them from the global address list to a CSV file ( need title and department field specifically). These emails are not currently in my personal contacts. Is there a way to do this quickly, without manually searching up each email and adding it to my contacts? I tried pasting the email addresses into a contact group and saving it as a text file, but that only pulled in the contacts name. Is there a way I can either: A: Quickly add 1000+ emails to my contacts from the global address list? or B: export the contacts directly from the GAL? Thank you again for your help!Outlook does not recognize language in E-Mail automatically
Since I have Windows 11 I have been having all kinds of problems with Outlook - from installing my e-mail accounts to getting language settings to work. I have tried using co-pilot to help me with this - it's been completely useless, as it seems to access only outdated info or points me in completely wrong directions. so I hope and appreciate that a real human being (three yeahs for you!!) can help me with the following: even though I have installed all my required language packs and set that it should automatically notice the language I am writing in, it fails to do so since my update. What is going on there? thanks a bunch for your assistance! ManuelSearching for parameters
Hello, I have two questions about the latest version of Microsoft Outlook: Customizing columns: How can I add or modify columns in the email list view? I'd like to customize which information is displayed Replied message indicator: In previous versions, there was a small symbol (usually two arrows) that showed whether an email had been replied to. Is this feature still available in the latest version? If yes, how can I enable it to display? I'd appreciate any guidance on these features. Thank you in advance for your help! Best regards
Support for auto-filing sent emails
I am looking for a solution to this scenario in the New Outlook: I send tens of emails per day The sent emails are stored in the Sent Items folder I need to manually move each of them into the sub-folders in my Archive folder - e.g. one for support cases Is there any way to automate the step (3) - i.e. to automatically file the sent emails into the folders they belong to? The Classic Outlook had "When replying to a message that is not in the Inbox, save the reply in the same folder" which is not present in the New Outlook. Maybe the New Outlook should have something even more powerful? In addition to this feature, a button suggesting into which folder each message should be filed? Finally, the Outlook Rules are very powerful but they do not apply to the sent emails. Maybe time to generalize these?Outlook search not working properly
Hello all I just pourchased a new laptop and using classic outlook with micrsoft 365 windows 11. Our emails are hosted on gmail and we have synced everything over with both GWSMO and now with imap. for some reason when i use outlooks quick search it only displays results form subject and not from the body of the email. We have literally tried everything including rebuolding the index etc., I dont want to use new outlook as it doesnt have certain features like schedule send etc. anyone have any suggestions on how to get classic to search properly
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