Unified Inbox in Outlook 2020?

I've been using Outlook on Windows for years. Originally there was only POP3 mail, then came IMAP and I didn't bother to change from POP because IMAP didn't give me the option of putting all my emails from different accounts in one place. I tried using rules to move everything around, and that was a hassle and it only worked on my local PC. With all POP accounts, my accounts flow into a PST, and I see everything in one place. It's probably not the best solution, but until MS gets its act together and provides a unified mailbox for Outlook on Windows PCs, I'll stick with POP.

I've been using a very similar macro, just without the SendKeys line and it suddenly stopped working properly after cumulative update 20H2 for Win 10 (KB5008212) was applied here. Now it still performs the search when I use the macro but the results only show messages received up to when the update happened.

I can still see the new e-mails on each individual mailbox so Outlook is fetching them, but not adding those messages to the search results. Was something changed on how search works / a new setting I failed to find so far or did something break?

Just chiming in here to say that my VBA searches no longer work after the recent update, as well. Please fix search so we can use this powerful tool fully!

I've been using a very similar macro, just without the SendKeys line and it suddenly stopped working properly after cumulative update 20H2 for Win 10 (KB5008212) was applied here. Now it still performs the search when I use the macro but the results only show messages received up to when the update happened.

I can still see the new e-mails on each individual mailbox so Outlook is fetching them, but not adding those messages to the search results. Was something changed on how search works / a new setting I failed to find so far or did something break?

As a regular user of Outlook on the Mac and PC I have been amazed at this critical feature missing from Outlook on the PC. My recommended workaround is easy and gets you the results in two clicks.

To setup:

• Go into Outlook Options via the Outlook File menu and change the Search>Results option to All mailboxes so it defaults to search all mailboxes. If you don't do this it will always default to current mailbox and you will need to click all mailboxes manually.
• Perform the initial search like for Unread or just search for any email sent to the multiple email accounts you have in Outlook using something like the following:
  • (to:"Your Name" OR cc:"Your Name" OR to:"******@address.you") etc... basically list all the email addresses you use.
• Then right click on Recent Searches and click Add to Quick Access Toolbar. This will add recent searches to the toolbar.

Now anytime you want to see all emails you click the search Icon in the quick access toolbar and select the search (quick access toolbar is the bar always at the top of Outlook that contains the search filed itself.)

The drawback to this method is the search does not seem to auto update and if you perform a lot of other searches your main search may get buried in the list. TIP once you have the search terms you want honed in copy the search query to a draft email so you can copy and paste it again if needed.

I have nothing more to add other than my shared annoyance at the lack of this feature. Most of my work emails rely on the security architecture of the 365 platform, so using a third party client isn't ideal.