Questions tagged [outlook.com]
Outlook.com is a webmail service from Microsoft.
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Outlook Online rule not deleting emails from sender starting with 'promotions@' - Landing in Junk folder instead
I have set up a rule in Outlook Online to automatically delete emails where the sender address starts with "promotions@". However, I still encounter that spam emails starting with "...
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How can you free up Outlook cloud storage space when you're over the limit?
A (non-techy) friend has a free Microsoft account with the 5GB cloud storage limit, which applies to attachments. As far as I know he only uses Outlook.com for email, not the desktop app. Somehow this ...
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I use outlook.live.com. My display has changed so there is no ribbon anymore. Also commands are missing: block email, set up rules
This is a picture of my outlook display. The right part of the picture is the second display I have.
I don't have a ribbon. I can't find command to block an email. I can't find the page so I can ...
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Gmail account works on Outlook, but not Outlook.com, after updating google password
I use Outlook (Windows) as well as Outlook.com to access mail and calendar in my Microsoft and Google accounts.
Last night I updated the password for my Google account and was able to update the ...
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Gmailify not moving spam in Hotmail
I get a ridiculous amount of spam to my outlook email which isn't detected. I linked my Hotmail email to my Gmail email via Gmailify in the hope googles spam filter is better.
All the spam that isn't ...
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Use Exchange mail with Outlook and Chromebook
On a Chromebook only the online Outlook is available. Would it be possible to link my personal Exchange mail (and/or Gmail) to the online Outlook so that I can see all my mail in one mailbox? And ...
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Outlook web creates a copy of same outgoing email
Whenever I reply to an email, I noticed that my inbox stores 2 copies of the same email (screenshot below)
I've the "Group emails" option set in the setting so that an email chain is ...
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Can I remove Important marker from individual Outlook.com emails?
I am using Outlook.com and created a rule to mark emails from my manager as Important. Is there a way to remove the Importance marker once I have read the message? All of the solutions I've seen ...
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Import gmail (emails and folders) to Outlook web
Apparently, it was possible to import data from Gmail to Outlook Web (not Outlook client), as this post suggests. The option was here:
Unfortunately, that option is no longer there for Outlook web:
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Creating Microsoft account, stuck at solving puzzle
I'm creating a new account for my wife, and I"m stuck at this robot puzzle. EAch time I solve it it just sends me back to solbing it again. I tried different browsers, different emails, different ...
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How do I set a non-meeting entry in Teams Calendar?
In Google Calendar, you can add different types of events, such as tasks, not just meetings. In Teams, whenever I want to add a new entry to the calendar, it is qualified as "New Meeting". ...
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How do I channel my Sent folder into Inbox rather than Sent?
I want every email I send on outlook.office365.com to be copied or put in Inbox rather than just being put in "Sent Items". I found this page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/...
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Outlook.com - count conversation as 1 message
In Outlook webmail service, I have the following settings:
messages are grouped into conversations,
messages are not automatically marked as read.
I mark messages as read manually.
When messages are ...
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How to set-up email archiving/journaling for all users on Outlook 365 e-mail?
How to set-up email archiving on Outlook 365 e-mail on a custom domain? I don't mean GoDaddy 365 emails.
This would let one search all-emails on the account.
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How do I copy Outlook calendar information (Office 365) into Google calendar?
I am getting lots of results on related questions, but not quite what I want.
I have Outlook Office 365 from some organization, and a Gmail account. What I want is, for example, once a day or even ...
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Removing confirmation box for moving message from junk to inbox
When trying to move a message from junk mail to inbox on outlook.com, there recently began appearing a pop-up dialogue asking if I want to mark the sender as safe.
Is there any way to prevent this pop-...
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Why do I see this little red dot when there isn't a new email?
Every now and then I see this little red dot on the tab (which I'm assuming is shown to indicate a new incoming/unread email). I use the web version of Outlook FWIW.
However, when I switch back to ...
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Import external emails into Gmail only once per day at 8pm [closed]
In a Gmail account example@gmail.com, I'd like to import new emails from activity2@gmail.com (or from activity2@hotmail.com) only once per day at 8pm, to avoid being disturbed constantly at any time ...
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How to disable the "intelligent" features in the web Outlook editor
In web Outlook (outlook.office.com) I have all of the Microsoft Editor features toggled off but there's still some vestigial "intelligence" getting in my way and I would really like to give ...
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Outlook Email Message Access Failure after new Third Party Popup
Since yesterday, after I log in to Outlook online, a popup appears. It starts:
"We and various third parties process data to: store and/or access information..."
(The text is like an image ...
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How do I change the reminder time of a birthday reminder in outlook.com?
I have a Outlook.com mail account with my contacts in the "all contacts" folder, which can be found on the "People" tab in outlook.live.com (online via a web browser). Some of my ...
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How can I avoid Outlook to change in my meeting time automatically from *:00 to *:05 in the Microsoft Outlook web interface (OWA)?
Demonstration of the issue: the default time is 1:05 when I first open the new calendar window. I then select 1:00 as my meeting start time in my Microsoft Outlook web interface (OWA)'s calendar, and ...
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How can I hide the "External" tag when I receive an email from outside my organization in the Microsoft Outlook web interface (OWA)?
My organization uses Microsoft Outlook 365 (Microsoft Outlook web interface - OWA), and since recently I see some "External" tag for each email I receive that came from outside my ...
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Why are major email providers separating the username and password forms? [closed]
The trend started with Hotmail, then Gmail and Yahoo followed it. You enter only email address first, then press Next button and a new form appears for the password.
Previously, there was a single ...
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I can't get password reset for LoL on Outlook
I have an outlook email for many years that receives all emails as expected but recently I needed to reset my password for a League of Legends account. The password reset email never appears. Not in ...
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Why doesn't outlook.com sync the inbox regularly?
I have an old Hotmail email account that I browse using the Outlook.com web interface.
For a very long time now, the web interface no longer syncs with the server to check for new incoming emails. I ...
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How can view the list of emails from the specific sender containing attachments with a specific file type in Outlook?
I use the Microsoft Outlook web interface. I tried the following, however it returns emails containing attachments with a different file type, because *.xlsx doesn't only apply to attachment.
Using ...
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How to disable SafeLinks for NOT Outlook.com accounts?
I've noticed that since about Dec 15th 2020, links in a lot of my emails are rewritten to link to nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com, and I have no idea why or how this is happening.
Important!!! ...
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How can I find my Outlook account using phone number only
I have created my Outlook mail before 2.5 years. Now I have forgot the email and password. I have only mobile number with me what I used while created account.
I have tried this link:
https://account....
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How can I create an event in Microsoft Outlook web interface so that attendees may edit the event? [closed]
How can I create an event in Microsoft Outlook web interface so that attendees may edit the event?
E.g., in Google Calendar, I can choose:
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My Hotmail Account [duplicate]
I need help with my account I accidentally deleted my primary email alias that I Been using for many years when I added a new one it used to be my old email address and now it's a different one with @...
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Can't send email from Hotmail account anymore
I've been using my Hotmail account for 15+ years and now I can't send emails from it anymore (either from the web browser or from Outlook). I can login just fine, and I've reset my password and it ...
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How to completely disable the Junk folder on Outlook.com? [closed]
I am not satisfied with Microsoft's spam filter. I want to completely disable it, i.e., I want every email that is sent to me to go to my Inbox. How can I do this on Outlook.com?
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How to change outlook.office.com's email composer's default From: address?
A couple of us have email accounts on a outlook.office.com via an Exchange Online Essentials subscription. I also have the admin login on admin.microsoft.com but try to avoid going anywhere near it.
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Bounced email from Gmail using send-as feature with Outlook.com | Exchange server
I'm getting sporadically bounced emails while sending from Gmail's web client using the Send-as function. The send-as account is properly setup and works normally, but occasionally fails about once a ...
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How change name to emails sent out my outlook.com account, not Microsoft Outlook?
I want change my Outlook.com account name when people get emails from me.
I'm talking about just outlook.com online, not Microsoft Outlook software you install.
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How to solve 2 hours receiving delay in outlook.com?
Sometimes Outlook.com receives email after 2 hours. I mean email should receive at 10 pm but it was received at 12:06AM (Next Day).
How to solve 2 hours receiving delay in outlook.com ?
I am ...
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Not all contacts imported from Hotmail to Google Contacts
Helping a friend move from Hotmail to Gmail. First thing on the order of business is importing the contacts. After exporting the contacts from outlook.live.com as contacts.csv and importing them on ...
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Microsoft will Not Let Me Close The Account Without My Phone Number
I am trying to close my Microsoft Account, so I went to How to close your Microsoft account.
Then I Clicked Close your account.
It asked for my login and password which I provided.
Then it shows -
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How to enable warning for Ctrl+Enter before sending message in Outlook.com?
I have Ubuntu and I am using Outlook.com in a web browser, not the Desktop application. I tried Settings → Options → Mail, but there is no option to enable the warning.
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What happens to my email and OneDrive if I switch from O365 business to O365 home?
I originally bought an O365 Business Premium subscription because I wanted email, invoicing and customer management. I found that the later two are only available to subscribers in the United States.
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Getting lots of spam on an alias to my Outlook.com account
Recently, I started getting lots of spam emails to (mainly) an alias to my Outlook.com account. Those spam emails are not caught my Outlook.com spam filter and end up in my Inbox (I get more than 20 ...
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Multiple Chrome shortcut apps from the same domain?
In Chrome (for Mac), you can turn any website into a standalone web application (a.k.a. Site Specific Browser) by going to the site, clicking the three stacked dots in the upper-right of the window, ...
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How can I ignore all email messages in a conversation without deleting them in the Microsoft Outlook web interface?
How can I ignore all email messages in a conversation without deleting them in the Microsoft Outlook web interface?
The Ignore Conversation feature removes all messages related to the conversation ...
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Receiving legit emails into spam folder
On my @hotmail address, I'm receiving emails from a specific person-i-know@gmail.com address into spams, despite having the expeditor in my contact list.
Not all the emails from this address directly ...
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ways of automatic capitalizing format in emails (webpage/outlook version)
Is there a way to automatically capitalize the 1st letters, 'I', special terms etc in emails? For lazy people not wanting to press 'shift' all the time.
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On outlook.com, how do I remove "Focused" and "Other" see all emails?
"Focused" and "Unread" don't assist me, as they don't show all emails. I'm asking about outlook.com, not the software Microsoft Outlook.
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Is it possible to create an email without a mobile phone number?
I tried signing up for a Hotmail account and thought that went fine. That is, until I tried sending an email. When I hit send, a small box comes up asking me to verify via SMS. I tried to google this ...
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How do I to access a deceased family member's Hotmail or Outlook.com account?
I can not access my deceased wife's Hotmail account. I do not know password or have access to the phone number to get the pass code. The phone number that was used when account was sent up says the ...
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Outlook web app notifications not working
the agency where I am working at is switching to Office 365 to handle emails and other stuff.
I can't get desktop notification to work on Outlook, the browser based version.
I'm running on Win10 Pro,...
