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.Outlook 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.
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 ?
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?
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
New Outlook Data Classification/DLP/missing features
Hello, I am noticing a couple of new issues with New Outlook. All the above works with old Outlook. -Auto Labelling not working(Based on Sensitive info type). -Label requirement not working (i.e. Users can send without a label, in old OLK/OWA, they get a prompt to label the email) -Label Inheritance not working (from attachment) -Smime Signing/Viewing emails. -If you set a dlp policy with an option to add certain label based on a detected sensitive info type on unlabelled emails, The policy tip is displayed but the label is not added. All the above works with old Outlook and most work in OWA but all the above does not work in New Outlook. Any workarounds? are those functions not supported yet? Any help will be appreciated.
New Outlook: Shadow contacts not stored in Outlook.com, no sync/export and missing Birthday calendar
I’m reporting a reproducible data‑integrity issue in the New Outlook for Windows that affects Outlook.com contact storage and synchronization. 🔍 Summary When a contact is created in the New Outlook, the client appears to save it successfully. However, the resulting contact is not stored in the user’s Outlook.com account as a normal cloud contact. Instead, it becomes what I would describe as a local “shadow contact” in the New Outlook cache. ⚠️ Observable Behavior • The contact appears in Outlook.com → People, but does not show “Stored in: Outlook” • The contact does not appear in Outlook.com CSV exports • The contact does not sync to mobile devices connected to the same account • The contact does not populate the Outlook.com Birthday calendar • The contact is lost if the New Outlook app is reinstalled or its local store is cleared 🧪 Steps to Reproduce 1. Open the New Outlook for Windows 2. Create a new contact and add a birthday 3. Save the contact 4. Open Outlook.com → People 5. Locate the contact — it will appear, but the “Stored in: Outlook” field is missing 6. Export contacts from Outlook.com (CSV) — the contact will not be present 7. Check a mobile device configured with the same Microsoft account — the contact will not be present 8. Check the Outlook.com Birthday calendar — the birthday will not appear 9. Reinstall the New Outlook app — the contact will be gone ✅ Expected Behavior • Contacts created in the New Outlook should be stored as first‑class Outlook.com contacts • They should appear with a proper “Stored in: Outlook” location • They should sync across devices, export via Outlook.com, and populate the Birthday calendar ❌ Actual Behavior • Contacts created in the New Outlook are effectively “shadow contacts” stored in a local cache • They look normal in the New Outlook UI, but they are incomplete, non‑synchronizing objects from the service’s perspective 📉 Impact • Silent data loss risk for users who assume contacts are in Outlook.com when they are not • Inconsistent contact and birthday data across devices and services • Split contact store model: • Real Outlook.com contacts • Local shadow contacts created by New Outlook 📎 What I’ve Already Done • Submitted feedback through the New Outlook (Help → Feedback → Report a Problem) • Submitted a detailed report via the Windows Feedback Hub • Contacted Microsoft Support, who advised that escalation must occur via Feedback 📣 Request I’m posting this here to document the issue publicly and to ask: • Can anyone from the Outlook / Exchange / Outlook.com team confirm this behavior? • Can other users reproduce this with the steps above? Given the data‑integrity implications, I’m hoping this can be brought to the attention of the relevant engineering team. Any confirmation, additional data points, or official guidance would be appreciated.Suspicious Calendar Invite
Hi, On 19 Dec, I received an Outlook calendar reminder pop-up that showed a 16-week overdue event. But the email/calendar was sent on 19 Dec itself. The calendar invite is from an unknown sender and has a suspicious subject line. I attempted to open the calendar invite to check the content; however, the email hung. I proceed to End-Task to close the Outlook. Would like to seek your thoughts on whether there is any risk of infection from malware/spyware when opening the suspicious calendar invite? Thanks.
