New Outlook with multiple accounts

Anonymous
2024-02-17T14:30:22+00:00

Hi,

In the new outlook, I have 6 email accounts. They all transferred in with the transition just fine. However, there does not appear to be a way to know which email accounts have new mail in them other than clicking on each account. And to add injury to insult, when you click on an account, you get another drop down menu.

I am in windows 11 and the 365 subscription version of outlook.

I absolutely need to see at a glance which accounts have new email in them on the main account screen. When an account does have new email, I need to be able to click on that email and have the inbox open with one click and not give me another menu to click through.,

Without these features you are adding a ridiculous amount of time to what should be a two second glance to check emails.

These are not wants, they are absolute needs.

Can anyone help? Or is time to find a new app?

Any help appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-19T12:15:42+00:00

    The Microsoft way: create incredible bloat to achieve something that should be so simple...

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-18T17:38:12+00:00

    So after a lot of searching I decided to run the Android version of outlook on windows. The official windows support for apk files has sunseted, so you'll need to use an emulater like BlueStacksafter that use these instructions to install a full android 11 instance (by default on BlueStacks custom roms google won't let you install outlook).

    Works great with the full mobile unified inbox, but you can't use PC shortcuts; you need to swipe with your mouse to archive and stuff.

    Major downside is you're emulating and entire instance of android 11 using ram/cpu all sorts of system resources to run one app that's missing a lot of desktop outlook features just so you can get a unified mailbox.

    I think it would be far more efficient on system resources to just bite it and use a different email client. :/

    BUT, if you're married to using outlook, or you have 6 inboxes and NEED the unified, and you don't mind the fuss, this works.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-15T17:02:05+00:00

    exactly my point: Windows points this as if it was a solution for all platforms, but it only works for mobile app.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-15T16:20:00+00:00

    You do realize people are asking about outlook for windows, right? Your advice only applies to the outlook app.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-12T17:31:44+00:00

    The "(usually represented by three horizontal lines or a house icon) in the upper left-hand corner" instruction is accurate only for the mobile version of Outlook. As others have stated, the horizontal lines button shows/hides the Sidebar and there is no house icon in the Desktop version of Outlook (new).

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