Questions tagged [microsoft-outlook]

Email client, calendar/appointment manager and address book/contacts list software. Not to be confused with outlook.com, the new name/interface for Hotmail.

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Is there any increased security risk if I would add all my e-mail adresses into Outlook

I am contemplating to add all my e-mail addresses into Outlook as that would allow me to more easily automate all the content I am getting from different parties. I am currently using Hotmail, Gmail ...
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Outlook fail to receive large e-mails from yahoo mail with error 0x800ccc0f or error 0x80042112

Two months ago Outlook suddenly started having big difficulty receiving any big e-mail (usually bigger than 3-4MB) threw pop3 from my yahoo webmail. All regular small sized mail is downloaded without ...
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How can I transfer emails from MS Outlook to Yahoo?

For the first time I use MS Outlook 2007 for Yahoo Mail and I've configured it. All of the emails have downloaded from the Yahoo server and to Outlook and as a result, the Yahoo inbox is completely ...
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How to parse data from Outlook mails to an Excel spreadsheet

I receive lot of emails with almost similar content from the two email addresses to my Outlook email account. I want to extract content from these emails and send it to an Excel spreadsheet in a way ...
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Not able to delete an email account

I entered an IMAP email into my Outlook (it is not the only email account I have). I then realized, I did not want it in my account so I went to Tools/Account Settings/Email Tab and deleted the file. ...
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How can I list all the folders an Outlook Mail Item is stored in using VBA?

I've imported my Gmail into Outlook using IMAP and am now running some VBA reporting scripts. Gmail labels have been converted to folders in Outlook and mail items with multiple labels from Gmail ...
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Alert before sending an email with a blank Bcc field

In the same way Microsoft Outlook will pop up an alert if you try to send an email with the To field left blank, or try to send a calendar invite with the Location field blank, I want an alert that ...
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In Outlook 2013 (Windows 8.1) on receiving RSS messages, how do I add a rule to execute a script?

In Microsoft Outlook 2013 under Windows 8.1 I have various rules which execute several VBA scripts. For this I have: Files → Options → Trust Center → Macrosettings → Activate all macros And also ...
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How to test if a user part of a distribution list receives the email without sending any mail, to avoid spamming

There is a distribution list with hundreds of users. A user complained not receiving any mails sent to this distribution list. After making changes in the OU, how do we ensure that the user receives a ...
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How do I turn off the onscreen keyboard's auto-correction feature in Outlook 2013?

Recently, I have migrated my software from a PC to be discarded to a new one, Office 2013 as well. Since then I experience a behavior I had not on the old machine. In Outlook 2013, all at a sudden I ...
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Outlook CRM plugin not syncing cases properly

We have CRM 2011 on premise. One of our users sees more cases in the Active Cases view in Outlook than they do in the Active Cases view in Internet Explorer. The Active Cases view is unmodified from ...
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delete email unless it contains specific words in the email/subject rule setup Outlook 2013

I am a part of a distribution list that can get thousands of emails a day, I need to create a rule that deletes these emails unless they contain specific words in the subject/email body. Is this ...
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Highlight search results in attachments in Outlook 2016

Outlook search is quite powerful in that it will find the search term inside the message body and inside the actual attachments (for example an attached PDF file or a text file inside an attached ZIP ...
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Email account expired - how can I get Outlook 2010 to stop asking for a password?

I have a fairly simple question: I had mapped a work account to Outlook that I no longer have. However, every time I start up Outlook, it asks me for the password to that account. I just want the old ...
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How can I tell Outlook to use an existing PST-file in its first start?

In an automated installation of MS-Office I try to make Outlook use an existing PST-file on its first start via MSP configuration but Outlook ignores the file and creates a new file with a counter "(2)...
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Prompt to CC before sending

First post. I would like to make a function in excel that everytime I press send prompts me to cc an email address from a specified list. For example. In VBA i have specified recipients (i.e. Mary@...
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Lost Messages While Transferring Exchange to Gmail Using Outlook

Recently I began transferring old messages from a work (Exchange) account to Gmail using the IMAP connector in Outlook. It had been going fine for a few days as I organized and then moved folders. ...
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Change requestor of a task

(I don't have the English version of Outlook therefore some translations maybe aren't accurate.) Is it possible to change the "requestor" of an Outlook task? When somebody assigns me a task by ...
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Outlook 2010 -- always asking to "choose profile"

I'm on Windows 7, using Office 2010. Every time I close Outlook it asks me to "choose profile" in a dialog box. I have only 1 profile, and, after reviewing this site, went into the control panel, "...
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How do I stop Outlook from asking me to choose a profile over and over again?

I have the same problem as mentioned in this post: How do I stop Outlook from asking me to choose a profile? But unfortunately the solution doesn't help. It was already set to this required setting ...
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How do I create a new mail profile if my 'mail' applet in control panel is non responsive?

I cannot get into the mail applet under Control Panel. When I click on the mail applet, I see the loading circle for a few seconds and then it disappears and nothing happens. Environment: Windows 7 ...
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How do I stop Outlook from asking me to choose a profile?

Microsoft Outlook 2003: I used to have two profiles with my Outlook, but I deleted it and now only have one. It is still asking me for what profile to choose. I have tried selecting the option to set ...
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Outlook 2010 - make it use the only profile automatically

I recently had to re-install my machine with Windows 7 x64 Professional, and Office 2010 including Outlook. Since that new installation, whenever I launch Outlook, it prompts for the the profile to ...
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Microsoft Outlook 7 with Windows XP - various problems

I have various issues with Outlook at the present time. First of all, in trying to fix one problem I have created a couple more. When I open Outlook now it asks me which profile I want to open... this ...
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Share folders on Exchange 2010

Is there a possibility to share folders (mainly inbox folder) according to an ACL on Exchange, using IMAP structure or native Exchange sharing? For example, I have a team with A, B, C and D. We want ...
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Outlook 2010 cheaper/free replacement [closed]

I am very pleased with Outlook 2010, but since I can't use it any more I have two big options: buy it or search for a decent cheaper/free replacement. What I need from that program/suite is: POP/...
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Any good Exchange clients to replace Outlook? [closed]

Is there a lightweight desktop application to connect to an Exchange server to just get mail? Ideally, the app would be free. I am looking to replace Outlook for something that loads quicker and ...
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Outlook Notes replacement or alternatives?

I save my notes in Outlook notes. However it's just a list of notes without any kind of categorization. I am looking for a replacement software where I can define my categories and I can place a note ...
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How to configure “open next or previous item” after delete in Microsoft Outlook Mac

I want to select the previous item on deleting an email. I know how to do this in Windows. I can't find File -> Options in Mac Outlook app. I have checked the preferences as well but couldn't find ...
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Auto fields / placeholders in Outlook 2016

I use Outlook 2016 to write a lot of emails. I am tired of typing always the first name or the last name of a person (Dear $firstname, Dear Mr./Mrs $lastname). Word offers Fields as placeholders to ...
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Windows 10 - Office 365 - OUTLOOK

I use Office 365 and have many sub-folders in OUTLOOK to sort emails. I receive the following message: Your IMAP server wants to alert you to the following: folder exists This message is ...
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Annoying Pop-Up When Signing Onto Outlook-16

GoDaddy migrated my single-user email account from GD-Workspace to GD-Outlook365. After a month of failed support calls and unresolved tickets on the migration, I hired a MS partner to do second ...
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Tag for status change alerts in Outlook 2016/Skype for Business no longer works

My employer uses Outlook/Exchange and Skype for Business. I can open a user's contact card, click on the ellipses next to the Add and choose Tag for status change alerts This used to work great. ...
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How do I continue editing a draft in Outlook?

I have a unfinished message saved as a draft in Microsoft Outlook 2010. I want to finish writing the draft and send it out, but I don't see any option to edit my draft after it has been saved. How ...
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Outlook 2013 rule to redirect mail not working

I set up a rule to forward all incoming mail and it did not work. Tried the same with a redirect in the rule instead of forward. I've essentially done step by step everything in this guide, and ...
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Junk Mail folder in Outlook 2016 with MS Office 365 Pro Plus

For my corporate email, I use Outlook 2016 version 1705 on Windows 10 - This is the Outlook I download using the subscription of Office 365 Pro Plus. Is there a way to block email ids or domains ...
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How to configure which emails show up in my Focused Inbox in Outlook?

Newer versions of Outlook present a "Focused" view of your inbox, that tries to sort emails that require your attention (e.g. from people you frequently correspond with) into a "Focused" inbox and ...
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Outlook rule to stop 'leaking' e-mails

I've got this Outlook rule set to forward all e-mails from my department to a folder aptly called "IT". It's only like 4 names plus the IT account. Problem is, messages that having nothing to do with ...
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Exporting Outlook contacts to Unicode CSV

Background So I've been looking for this to work for some time now. I'm sure there must be a solution as I can't believe that no one in China or Japan have ever tried exporting contacts. What I've ...
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How to Prompt Before Reply to All in Outlook

This should be very simple, but it isn't. I want Outlook to Prompt me before sending a Reply-to-all email. There is an add-in called NoReply to all, but this still requires the user to activate the ...
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How to send every email you send additonally to yourself in bcc using outloook?

Every email I send from my account in Outlook should be additionally send to my account in BCC. I am able to apply a rule on every email I send and to add my account in CC, but not BCC. Is there any ...
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Error Import Excel to Outlook Contacts

This is frustrating... I've done this hundreds of times with no problems, and suddenly I get an error. The environment: Windows 10 Outlook 2007 Foo.xls file of Excel 97-2003 The process: Outlook --&...
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Outlook indicates the message is in outbox but outbox is empty

I use outlook 2016. All messages I sent are normally stored in the "Sent Items" folder. But I sent a message to several recipients yesterday and it was not copied to the "Sent Items". I am sure the ...
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How can I disable Mail and only use Outlook 365 for my Outlook.com account?

When I set up this new laptop I synced my Outlook.com account and added it to Mail. I now have Office365 through my employer and have added my Outlook.com account to Outlook proper. However, whenever ...
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How to auto-move emails in root folder to inbox folder?

We have some software which reads in and processes emails from the Inbox folder of a shared mail account. Users manually drag emails into there from their own accounts (using Outlook). This all works ...
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Is it possible and how to recover deleted/erased and overwrited data from hdd? [duplicate]

Windows8, 2.5" hdd, d:\ ntfs partition, file in need 9GB archive.pst Archive was deleted by mistake. Instead of recovering/undeleting that archive, we copied one from all mighty but very old and ...
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Change Conversation Id for an Outlook 2010 Message

How can you change the Conversation Id of a message to put them on a older conversation? Have you to use some VB script code? I tried to change the subject but nothing happen.
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Can I add an invitee to an Outlook meeting another person created?

I've been invited to a meeting - I am not the organizer. Is there any way for me to add another attendee, other than out-of-band communication?
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Microsoft Outlook/Office 365 create and run script to create rule on all emails in a folder

TL;DR look at the stuff in bold. My university uses Office 365 for its email services. Unfortunately, either I accidentally put my e-mail out on some malicious site or someone who doesn't like me did....
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Search contents of locally saved emails

We're having a bit of a mailbox cleanup and one of the problems we're trying to resolve is the ability to search the contents of emails once they are saved on a network drives. We don't want to be ...

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