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
    2025-02-05T13:12:07+00:00

    There is no interface on how to add something to favorites in the newest office version which is publicly availiable at the moment (right-click (Kontext) Menu does not have an enty to "add to favorites").

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-05T12:49:10+00:00

    If you want to see which accounts have new mail just move your INBOXES for each account to the favorites folder on the left pane. I have 4 email accounts I right clicked on the INBOX of each one and selected add to favorites. Then I went to the favorites and selected the ones I wanted to remove and clicked on them and selected remove from favorites. Now for the last 4 months, all 4 INBOXES are in the upper left pane by themselves and have a BLUE number that tells me how many new emails are in the box. I just click on the INBOX in the favorites pane to list them.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-05T03:06:03+00:00

    Or you could dump Outlook and use Thunderbird or its enhanced version, BetterBird, for free. It consolidtaes your calendars too. MS will never fix this. Outlook has a consolidated view on every other device including OS Desktop, but not the main platform of the developer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-03T18:49:13+00:00

    I hate the new Outlook and am pissed to have to deal with a new system that is taking so much of my time and energy, never mind not doing things the old system did.

    What a PAIN IN THE NECK.

    HOW DARE MICROSOFT DO THIS!!!!!

    I DO NOT WANT A COMBINDED INBOX. I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE MY EMAILS GO TO BOTH OF MY ACCOUNTS. I WANT THEM SEPARATE. YOUR REPLY SAYS HOW TO COMBINE THEM BUT NOT HOW TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING. I WANT MY OLD SYSTEM BACK. MICROSOFT YOU CAN KEEP THE NEW ONE.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-02T16:00:57+00:00

    Microsoft suffers heavily from one of IBM's failures and contributions to its downfall....... ARROGANCE.

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