Outlook Retrieves Emails But Fails to Put Then Into the Inbox
I have a brand new Dell desktop that replaced a previous Dell desktop computer. I have rebuilt everything on the new computer that was on the old, but have a very strange problem with Outlook. When I click on "Send/Receive", I see at the bottom right of the screen that it is retrieving a bunch of emails from the Gmail server. But upon completion of the retrieval, none of those emails appears in the Inbox. If I click again on "Send/Receive", the process repeats. And since I have set up retrieval to automatically issue the "Send/Receive" every three minutes, this process repeats and repeats, never placing the retrieved emails into the Inbox. I should also comment that the count of the emails only increases, telling me that those emails do not disappear from the server. I am using POP3, not IMAP. I am using Outlook Classic, not the new Outlook. I have been using Outlook for many, many years, and have successfully set up Outlook many, many times. But I am totally baffled by what I am seeing. I would appreciate any suggestions at all. Thank you. Len Jacobson
Will Microsoft ever provide a viable email client again?
I'm a long time user of Outlook - from long before it became Classic. It was a perfectly viable email client - not perfect but useable. I tried New Outlook when it was first promoted, and quickly switched back because it was functional deficient at the time. Since then, Microsoft have introduced issues into Classic Outlook - specifically: It can't maintain a set Office theme. I can set a theme (the Microsoft default system setting) but it corrupts and highlights in black (for example) after a short while. (I believe after the PC switches off the screen or the PC sleeps) It 'corrupts' while composing longer emails meaning that I cannot send or save the draft but must start again from scratch. I tried new Outlook again - it's not as bad as it was - but: It still doesn't allow me to present my email accounts in the order that I want to see them. It doesn't manage Contacts and Contact Lists correctly - while Classic Outlook does. So I now have my PC set-up to use both Classic and New Outlook and have to switch between them depending on what I need to do ... 🤷♂️😠 My requirements aren't trivial, but they are not that complicated: I need to manage multiple email accounts - around 10 in all. I want to be able to present them in my 'most used' order - i.e. I want the ability to sort the order of accounts. I have a Microsoft account that I use to log-in to my PC etc. My default email account is Gmail My default calendar account is Microsoft I want a single default set of Contacts and Contacts lists that I can use in conjunction with any of my ten email accounts I want my email client to be stable Is that too much to ask? And why, oh why, can't Microsoft deliver such a solution?Last week my office changed color to blue and i spoted opening pdf files
Last week my office changed color to blue and i spoted opening pdf files. when i try to open a pdf file says "Error and to try again later in a few moments" The Outlook online say the same thing. On my phone i can see the pdf fine. I tryied to repair the outlook, but didnt work.Increasing Microsoft Graph Per-Mailbox Throttling Limits (PUT/POST/PATCH & Concurrency)
I am referring to the per-mailbox throttling limits documented here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/throttling-limits#limits-per-mailbox Specifically: 150 MB limit for PUT/POST/PATCH requests within a 5-minute window 4 concurrent requests per mailbox In a multi-tenant SaaS application scenario, these limits can become restrictive when processing large volumes of mailbox data. I would like clarification on the following: Is it possible to request an increase in these per-mailbox limits through Microsoft (e.g., via support or a formal quota increase request)? Are there recommended architectural patterns or best practices to efficiently handle high-throughput scenarios while staying within these limits? Can tenant administrators (our customers) configure or influence these limits through Microsoft 365 admin settings? Any official guidance or recommendations would be highly appreciated
New Outlook Mail Templates – Demo + Step-by-Step Guide
New Outlook now includes a fully updated Mail Templates experience that supports images, tables, links, and modern formatting — unlike the older My Templates add-in. You can also import OFT files and even forward templates to colleagues using Forward as OFT. A few important notes for anyone upgrading from Classic Outlook: Templates created, revised, or saved in New Outlook are cloud-stored only These templates do not appear in the Classic Outlook Templates folder New Outlook templates cannot be used in Classic Outlook If you want a local copy for backup, the blog post below includes a simple download method If you're migrating from Classic OFT templates or evaluating the new workflow, these two resources walk through the entire process: 📌 Full video demo: https://youtu.be/uC0ZkCQyJuc 📌 Step-by-step blog guide: https://traccreations4e.com/new-outlook-email-templates/ Hope this helps anyone exploring New Outlook’s modern template workflow. Feel free to share it with your team. Many users have been waiting for this feature before entirely switching to New Outlook. #traccreations4e-p25 11/17/2025Two Linked Outlook Issues Causing Accidental Emails to Wrong Clients Feature Request + Bug Report
Hi Outlook Community, I'm posting this after a real incident at work where I accidentally sent a confidential email to the wrong client. After reflecting on what went wrong, I've identified two separate but related Outlook issues that compounded the mistake and I want to raise both here so they reach the right people. Bug: Autocomplete Recipient Changes After You Press Enter This one is subtle but dangerous. When you start typing a name in the To/CC/BCC field, Outlook shows an initial autocomplete suggestion. If you press Enter before the search fully resolves, the dropdown refreshes mid-selection and the contact that actually gets added is *different* from the one that was highlighted when you hit Enter. You don't get any warning. You believe you've selected the right person. You haven't. I've submitted this via the Feedback Portal here: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/9a32197e-5424-f111-9730-0022485314bc Suggested fix: Freeze the highlighted contact reference at the moment Enter/Tab is pressed, independent of any ongoing background search refresh. --- Feature Request: Cross-Domain Recipient Warning (like the missing-attachment check) Outlook already warns you before sending if it detects you may have forgotten an attachment. I'd love to see a similar pre-send check for this scenario: You are about to send an email to recipients across 3 different organisations. Did you mean to do this? In consulting, legal, finance, and any client-facing role, it's very easy to accidentally include someone from Client B on an email meant only for Client A especially when contacts share similar names. A configurable domain-count threshold (default: 2 external domains) with a soft confirmation prompt would catch this class of mistake before it becomes a compliance incident. Key asks: - Configurable threshold (user-level) - Domain whitelist support (e.g., always allow your own org + a known partner) - Covers To, CC, and BCC combined - Non-blocking same UX pattern as the attachment warning I've submitted this as a feature request here: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/9a32197e-5424-f111-9730-0022485314bc --- Has anyone else run into either of these? Would love to know if the autocomplete bug is reproducible for others that would help push it up the priority queue. Thanks for reading. Sudharm P
