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I am using the free version of Outlook.com and followed the forums and help how to set up a GMail sync to Outlook.com.
However since two days I got this clicking on the "Sync Email" menu.
Even the X button on the upper right corner does not operates when being in this menu.
I tried this menu in browsers like Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera.
All the same results.
Questions:
Configuring preferences and options in Outlook.com
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Sadly your solution seems not to work anymore. At least I don't get it to work.
Installed the proxy including the certificate, set it up in windows and navigated to the sync email setting, but get the same error message.
Thanks for your response.
Would have been good for microsoft to have sent a warning when removing some functionalities that are very useful like that one.
Hi Reynaldo,
I have been having the same issue over the past 4 days now as well.
Everytime I click on the "Sync mail" I am seeing the following message "Unable to load settings. Please try again later".
Would you please advise?
Thank you and regards.
Unfortunately it sounds like there is nothing you can do but wait and see if Microsoft ever fixes it.
And when they do who knows if you will be able to change your password but it definitely sounds like you will NOT be able to add any new accounts to "Sync mail" in Outlook and will instead have to switch to the Windows 10 Mail App and add another account there. And who knows if you'll ever be able to delete a connected account IF they fix it.
So essentially to me it appears as though Microsoft wants Outlook.com to simply work only for a single @outlook.com email address, nothing more in the future.
Hi Reynaldo,
I have been having the same issue over the past 4 days now as well.
Everytime I click on the "Sync mail" I am seeing the following message "Unable to load settings. Please try again later".
Would you please advise?
Thank you and regards.
Removing the sync facility is a major drawback and it is difficult to understand the motivation here.
100% agree with you on that.
Honestly typical Microsoft. Break what works for decades and then give users features they will never use or that take twice as many keystrokes or mouse clicks to do the same work.