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robinwilson16
Brass Contributor
Feb 01, 2021

Outlook View in Browser Ignores Default Browser and Opens IE When Office 365 Doesn't Even Support IE

With the new Edge I was hoping to finally see the back of Internet Explorer and whilst Microsoft have dropped support in some areas there seem to be key places where it is still the one that is selec...
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Malcolmx
Copper Contributor
Jun 24, 2021

the MHT and MHTML settings can only be changed to Edge, not any other browser.  I use Opera and Firefox so what is the fix for those browers (I have Opera set as depault browser)?

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robinwilson16
Brass Contributor
Aug 05, 2021

Malcolmx I wonder if the reason modern browsers don't support this format is because it is so outdated and followed web design principles from about 20 years ago when you had to hard-code styling and use HTML tables and fixed widths. Web technology has moved on but Outlook HTML rendering remains in the past even on the most recent Office 365 versions.

Everytime I have to create an HTML email such as for password resets it reminds me how old-fashioned it is. Perhaps IE is the only browser that still understands this as that too is from the past and should have been replaced years ago.

The best solution would be for Microsoft to switch to a newer rendering format so HTML emails could use responsive layouts and modern standards.

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