Classic Outlook: The People Card Is Not Retiring, Just the Expanded View
One part of this Classic Outlook update could easily confuse people, so it is worth clearing up. In June 2026, Microsoft is retiring the People Card Expanded View in Classic Outlook. The full People Card is not going away. Users will still be able to open the standard contact card. What is changing is the expanded view, which gives users a little more context and a few extra details in one place. It may seem like a small change at first, but these types of updates can still affect how users look up contact information and move through their daily work. I put together a full blog post that explains what is changing, what stays, and where users can still get the richer contact experience. Read the full post here: Classic Outlook Is Retiring the People Card Expanded View traccreations4e-p26 4/7/2026New 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 11/17/2025
Two 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
Email from “Kenzie Brooks” in my inbox but the email is …
mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons an email address “outlook_6720859FBEB7B349@outlook.c0️⃣m” I cannot reply to the email. I would like to know if anyone knows what/how this person was able to email me with such a bizarre email, yet maintained her name for the header. is this a hack or something more nefarious?
Support for auto-filing sent emails
I am looking for a solution to this scenario in the New Outlook: I send tens of emails per day The sent emails are stored in the Sent Items folder I need to manually move each of them into the sub-folders in my Archive folder - e.g. one for support cases Is there any way to automate the step (3) - i.e. to automatically file the sent emails into the folders they belong to? The Classic Outlook had "When replying to a message that is not in the Inbox, save the reply in the same folder" which is not present in the New Outlook. Maybe the New Outlook should have something even more powerful? In addition to this feature, a button suggesting into which folder each message should be filed? Finally, the Outlook Rules are very powerful but they do not apply to the sent emails. Maybe time to generalize these?
Login not possible
Since the beginning of the year, I have had the problem that I cannot log into my email account via Outlook. I have contacted Microsoft support several times, and they have repeatedly told me to contact Outlook support directly, but I am unable to do so. I have already cleared my cache several times and tried using other browsers. I have also tried incognito modes, as well as using my cell phone. Whenever I try to log in, I get the following error message: That's why I hope that someone here can help me somehow. UTC Date: 2026-02-22T02:15:19.184Z Client Id: 7A828C91B2DA4E399FF041930501246B Session Id: 4ec12d8b-3707-444b-9f57-50efe72ef5cf Client Version: 20260213001.06 BootResult: fail Back Filled Errors: None err: System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException esrc: StartupData et: ServerError estack: Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException st: 500 ehk: X-OWA-Error efe: AS4P190CA0013 ewsver: 15.20.9632.15 emsg: ErrorUnexpectedFailureUnable to send emails to outlook
Hi, I would like to seek help with email delivery to outlook. it's been 2 months now since we encountered the issue - unable to send to outlook. We are receiving NDR from outlook. Moreover, we have our own mail exchange server. Below is the Delivery Message Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: mailto:Email address removed Your message wasn't delivered due to a permission or security issue. It may have been rejected by a moderator, the address may only accept email from certain senders, or another restriction may be preventing delivery. Diagnostic information for administrators: Generating server: mailgateway.edataservices.com mailto:Email address removed Remote Server returned '554 5.7.1 < #5.7.1 SMTP; 550 5.7.1 Unfortunately, messages from [61.28.174.150] weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list (S3150). You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors. [BN1NAM02FT014.eop-nam02.prod.protection.outlook.com]>' Original message headers: Return-Path: <mailto:Email address removed>Received: from mail.edataservices.com (exh05.itsrvr01.com [172.30.1.37]) by mailgateway.edataservices.com with ESMTP id 20P0XTfr028317-20P0XTft028317 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=CAFAIL) for <mailto:Email address removed>; Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:33:29 +0800Received: from EXH06.itsrvr01.com (172.30.1.197) by EXH05.itsrvr01.com (172.30.1.37) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.2.858.15; Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:33:29 +0800Received: from EXH06.itsrvr01.com ([fe80::3128:a202:d762:dc45]) by EXH06.itsrvr01.com ([fe80::3128:a202:d762:dc45%8]) with mapi id 15.02.0858.015; Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:33:29 +0800From: "Ester G. Policarpio" <mailto:Email address removed>To: "mailto:Email address removed" <mailto:Email address removed>Subject: test 01252022Thread-Topic: test 01252022Thread-Index: AdgRgynvN9wSHFVlQS6cZSt+1rHLsA==Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:33:28 +0000Message-ID: <mailto:Email address removed>Accept-Language: en-AS, en-USContent-Language: en-USX-MS-Has-Attach:X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:x-originating-ip: [192.168.80.31]Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_08a031f9ccc14415898a02214fc57bd6edataservicescom_"MIME-Version: 1.0 We hope that you could help us with our concern.Major journal's email does not pass Microsofts arbitrary standards nothing I can do about this
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5755307/emails-not-being-recieved-from-sender-******@hotcr And to everyone thats defending this please tell me one advantage this has over putting it in the spam folder with warnings and blocking links etc. Tell me how this isn't the technological equivalent of not letting you buy laundry detergent because its poisonous if consumed. Look at all the people that were hospitalized from eating laundry detergent, clearly laundry detergent needs to be baned.Flagged Emails in New Outlook: Set Reminders and Due Date
I understand that transitioning from Classic Outlook to New Outlook can be intimidating and frustrating, especially regarding the feature changes. I'm here to help you navigate through the differences and make the switch as smooth as possible. You can access your flagged emails via the MyDay icon located in the top menu. Here are the steps to set reminders, due dates, and more. 1) Select the My Day icon 2) Click on the To-Do Tab (Note: Usually, this tab defaults to 'Tasks' for the primary mail account.) 3) If you manage multiple accounts, choose the correct mail account. 4) Select Flagged Emails: All flagged items for the select account will appear here 5) Right-click on any flagged item, and you will see many settings, including Set Reminder and Set Due date. I understand that completing the requirement involves many steps. It can be challenging, but I expect more improvements in the future. I hope this helps. /Teresa #traccreations4e 01/18/2024
