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kpawan435
Jun 10, 2026Occasional Reader
Feature Request: Add "Recent Activity Feed" combining Sent & Received emails
Respected Outlook Product Team, I am writing to submit a feature request aimed at improving productivity and message tracking for power users who heavily rely on Microsoft Outlook for their daily co...
Jun 10, 2026
You can more or less already do this with Search Folders and Conditional Formatting.
Granted, in New Outlook the filter to only display emails from today, yesterday, or a specific date range is sadly still missing, but that will come eventually.
An example with a similar concept for Classic Outlook can be found here; Today's Unread Mail folder - Robert 365
You can combine that with Conditional Formatting to distinguish emails you've sent and emails that you've received in case you do not want to group by folder; Color Code your Emails, Calendar or Tasks automatically with Conditional Formatting - Robert 365
Within New Outlook, Conditional Formatting can be found as a separate sub section of Mail in the Settings page.