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mlaps
May 02, 2020Copper Contributor
Tips for working with multiple email accounts
I have a lot of professional work accounts for different organizations I work with, and managing them from within Outlook 2016 is difficult, and sapping productivity. In total I have 7 accounts that...
PeterRising
May 02, 2020MVP
Not the answer you are looking for I imagine, but in Outlook for Mac, the unified inbox works beautifully. It's odd that the same option is not available on Windows.
From what you've described, I think you've probably made it work as well as you can with the available functionality at the moment.
- mlapsMay 04, 2020Copper Contributor
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I've found it strange that not only does Outlook for Mac have this feature, but so do the mobile apps, and it works very well.
If this is as good as I can make it with Outlook, I think I'll need to try some alternative solutions, and see if they can work better. I use Thunderbird for my personal email accounts and it has a unified inbox option, but the HTML editor is pretty limited, as is the calendar integration, so doesn't seem like a great option for business. Anyone have any experience with Mailbird? It supports multiple accounts and a unified Inbox. Pricing seems pretty reasonable as well.
- azunguMay 15, 2021Copper Contributor
mlaps I feel your pain but mostly, I am surprised that you only received one comment to your original post! I struggle with similar issues. Multiple mail accounts, search, calendar and contact sync issues with Gmail and iCloud. I thought about using a local folder as a sort of archive for all the email sorted by subjects across all the email accounts. Have you found answers to your questions elsewhere?
Cheers!