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Setting up mail forwarding of an account with no Outlook license
Hi, Currently we have an account that can be used to log into office.com. There's no Outlook license applied to the account. As a result, if someone sends an email to it, it will be sent back because it's not a valid email address. (e.g. due to not having a license, there's no mailbox). I was wondering if it's possible to setup mail forwarding on this account? Or would it require an Outlook license? Sincerely, Jason
Spam and Junk
I have been using MS Windows almost from the day it was invented, at least since I purchased my first computer in the 1960's and similarly using MS Office in all its guises. Throughout that time I have been totally satisfied other than minor glitches, some of which were my fault. So why am I publishing this now? Because I am totally fed up with Junk and Spam. I have been diligently reporting it through the MS Report tool but I have concluded that far from reducing the number (50+ a day!) the number is actually increasing. Completely unrealistic email addresses happily pass through whatever filters are supposedly in place, threats that MS products are about to be disconnected are regularly received, threats that I have not paid for services I have never had (and don't want!) - the list is long. Why isn't the MS filter system working? A friend who uses Apple (I didn't mean to swear!) gets zero spam messages. If Apple can do it why not MS? Even as I have been typing this I have received a message saying my outlook account is going to be deleted. Please don't put this back on me, suggesting I change my email. I have a large email address book which would be a nightmare to change and not least probably cost a significant sum.
'Ghost' To Do Task Visible in Counter of 'All' - But Nowhere Else - Unable to View 'All'
I have an interesting case in Classic Outlook (Version 2511). There is an extra item in the 'All' counter in To Do that is only visible in one instance of Outlook. If I use Outlook on the web or the To Do app itself - all tasks and counts are accurate. Even the Planner app in Teams shows the correct tasks and number of them. In my Outlook Classic at home it works properly and displays the number of tasks correctly. But not in my Outlook Classic at work. In fact - if you try to click on the 'All' itself - the display simply blanks out and you have to close and re-open Outlook to get To Do to open again. I've tried the obvious already. Thinking because it only happens in Outlook Classic at work - I've already completely wiped my ost file and rebuilt it from scratch. I've started outlook with various 'clean' flags. None of them have been able to clear the phantom count that will crash To Do from within classic Outlook. What is being overlooked? As you can see below - the number of 'All' is always one more than what it should be.
Formula columns in classic Outlook - count of recipients?
Rather than the standard "to" column that shows the names of everyone the email was sent to, I would like to see a count of aliases the email was addressed to. Is this something that can be done with a formula-type column? Bonus points if it can separate out to and cc into separate counts.
Outlook for Mac missing ToDo
Since a recent update, our Mac clients don't have any way to view ToDo or Tasks in the New Outlook. The tasks don't show in the My Day/Task pane, nor do we have a ToDo Icon ion the left sidebar like users of New Outlook on Windows do. Accessing OWA is now the only way for users to see tasks/flagged emails, but very much not the preferred solution since there IS a desktop client which should do that. Microsoft® Outlook for Mac Version 16.105 (26011018) This is a serious usability issue, is this really a design decision or some sort of an issue?
Unclear language regarding meeting frequency in Outlook
Problem: The text shown to email recipients describing when a series of meetings that repeats on a particular day of a particular week each month is unclear as to how often there will actually be a meeting. Explanation: The language is unclear if a meeting organiser schedules a meeting that repeats on a particular day of a particular week each month (e.g. on the second Friday of each month, on the third Wednesday of each month) rather than on a numbered day of the month (e.g. on the 8th day of each month) Here is a screenshot to illustrate: The content circled in blue at the bottom of the screenshot shows what the meeting organiser is actually scheduling. The content circled in red at the top of the screenshot shows what is displayed in Outlook to the recipients and to the meeting organizer. For this example; the timing information that will be displayed to event invitees says: Occurs every second Friday from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM effective Fri 09/01/26 until Sat 09/01/27 I argue that this could be reasonably interpreted to mean either: There will a meeting fortnightly (i.e. one week a meeting, and then the next no meeting) There will be one meeting each month - and it will take place on the second Friday of the month I understand the desire to be concise in the descriptions shown to users however I argue it should not come at the expense of clarity of important information. Suggested Fix: Adjusting the date/time statement provided to recipients and shown on the new event screen to read in the following format: Occurs on the second Friday of every month from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM effective Fri 09/01/26 until Sat 09/01/27 is just slightly longer but removes the ambiguity about meeting frequency. Thank you for your consideration!New OUtlook Slow Sync gmail
I use New Outlook on W11 to access my gmail. There are two problems which I suspect are related: Slow to sync to incoming mail. 1 hour or more even though the incoming message(s) visible on gmail.com Having generated an outbound message using "New Email", on clicking "Send" the message goes to the Drafts folder and waits, sometimes over an hour, before sending it. Please help using every day language. Thank you PhilOutlook changing styles/colors of incoming email?
HI friends - I recently got an email from a research org named ORCid and I noted when I received the email that it was hard to read - the text was a lightt grey on white, or light grey on dark grey in dark mode: I emailed ORCid back and explained that this was going to fail any WCAG/Accessibility checks, and could they take a look. I spoke back and forth with their internal developer who insisted that it didnt look like that on being sent - he sent me examples from his own inbox as proof: And these look perfectly fine. Weirdly - when I forwarded this email to a colleague, they showed me on their screen it appeared as intended with the tetxt darker and more legible. They forwarded it back to me - and surely enough, it looks correct. This using the Outlook desktop app in both old and new mode - and dark or light profile - and also in the web outlook as well. Im really confused as to how/why when I receive it the first time it looks so unreadable? Any advice would be awesome.Classic Outlook Keeps "Not Responding" and freezing
Hi there, I tried to scour for something similar, but I couldn't find anything and/or it didn't work - so here I am - hopefully someone can help. Okay the facts - I use Classic Outlook (CO moving forward) and I run 5 email address in it - 3 are a domain for my company that I run and 2 are POP emails brought in from AOL. I run Windows 11. This is happening to 3 or my 5 work stations, all three are the ones on Windows 11. This started slow a few weeks ago, thought it was just low memory so went through and cleaned up old emails. I am not seeing these issues when using the 2 pop emails - just my company domain ones. Can open CO, taking some extended time but it is getting there. As soon as I try to send an email, reply to an email, change a signature within a new email - it either takes 5-10 minutes to load if we do not click again and just let it sit and think. The second I try and click something or try and scroll while waiting - it goes into 'Not Responding'. Some times it will load after 1 minute and sometimes it just get stuck. I have updated my CO, I tried the advanced 'online repair' through my system, I have tried disabling all my add-ons, I tried deleting my email account from CO and re-loading/logging in, I have checked my graphics card (something on google said to check it for updates), I have ran command prompts to check for internal Windows errors and I have come up short on everything.Favorites shared folders not displaying related shared account
New problem with Outlook 20251212003.10 I have plenty shared mailbox, with every Inbox folder as Favorite to directly see when there is new incoming mails in some of it... Before, Outlook appended the account name to the folders having the same name... But not anymore... it's really problematic... How can i distinguish my different shared accounts ?
Outlook - DesktopApp - Autoreply not working (server not available)
Although Microsoft says the problem has been fixed since version 2508 build 19127.20000 (please see Cannot open the Automatic Replies setting of a shared mailbox in Classic Outlook - Microsoft Support), we can still experience it with version 2510 build 19328.20266. Therefore we still have to use the version 2505 build 18827.20202
How to block image only spam in outlook?
Keywords aren’t working as any text that appears in the “from” or “subject” field, or message body, is encoded, and/or the body is just an embedded image hosted on a random rotating website. The email domains rotate every single email (they are all just random word + random word @ random word + random word . com) The spam filter is catching them and moving them to junk but I’d like to know if there’s a way to block them or delete them so I don’t even have to see them. I receive so many of these daily from affiliate marketers for the same companies: National Debt Relief, Optima Tax, TruGreen, Amerisave, First American Home Warranty, Thermivest, Keranique, Orangetheory, Miracle Sheets, eHarmony, Empire Today, VSP Vision Plans, Canvas Prints, Jacuzzi Bath Remodel, AARP, Blissy, Healthcare.com, Debt Relief, Life Line Screening, Leaf Filter, JG Wentworth. I never want to see the names of any of these companies in any folder in my email again. Is this possible or am I going to have to go through the hellish process of starting a new email and moving everything over?
Avatars for People (Contacts) in Outlook for Mac
I'm trying to change the avatar for a contact stored in my hotmail.com account in Outlook on the Mac. I right click on the listing on the People (contact) page and check "Edit." The avatar that appears on the contact card is not the same as the avatar that appears on the People listing page. No matter how I edit the Avatar in the card listing, it does not change the avatar that is displayed in the listing. Any so solution for this?
Unable to log into outlook.com with password
Hi, I've had this problem for several months already, hoping it's a bug and will rectify itself, but it hasn't. When trying to log into outlook.com, I automatically get the option of receiving a code via an alternate email address. When I chose the option to enter with a password, I get the following error, even though I am definitely using the correct username and password. I have checked so many times, and to be sure I even changed my password, without avail. This is very frustrating, because every time I get logged out, it forces me to disturb family members to get the code from them so I can log in again. BTW, other family members do not have the same problem, even though we all use the same computer and browsers, so I'm guessing it's something specific with my login. I am very hopeful that someone has a solution to this problem, because it has become very annoying. Thanks in advance, Ari P.S. - Please don't state the obvious and repeat what the error says, because that ISN'T the problem.
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