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I have multiple accounts in my outlook. Something changed on one of the accounts over the past week. When I click on one of the accounts to start a new email, I get the below dialog box which slows my ability to create a new message or see read messages since it hangs up the account for 15-30 seconds. Any advice n how to resolve the matter, including stop retrieving the templates in outlook?
Thank you,
Brad
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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No updates - issue has persisted for over a year. Have made numerous attempts to MS without success.
Frustrating.
When our accounts moved from Canada to Europe the issue stopped for us.
Our accounts also changed from Business Standard to E3
I know both neither of the above are very useful, but it's more information -- maybe?
I apologize the issue is not fixed yet. The Outlook dev team that owns this has updated that they will fix the bug in February 2023. Once I know the fix is checked in, I will report back with those specifics. I will also update the Known Issue when there are any updates too, Outlook prompts “Retrieving templates from server” after selecting the From field drop down - Microsoft Support.
This has been going on suddenly for weeks. February can't come fast enough.
Ian, be thankful -- about six months for us!