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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.
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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I have only Add account Manage account and Add folder on the 3 dots after each email account. Am I missing a step?
Yes. Sorry, you have to click on the email account to open the drop-down list of folders. I then selected my INBOX folder as the one I wanted in favorites. You can select any folder in the drop-down list by clicking the 3 dots and add to favorites.
I don't even have the three dots in 365 Home and Office 2024. I can right click though and add the in/outboxes to favorites. Still have to click on every inbox to check messages that should be easily unified into a single inbox like every other email client out there. This is an enormous oversight by MS - particularly with the more costly business version. What businesses have only one email account?
My Version is:
You have Microsoft Outlook Version 1.2024.1107.100 (Production). Client Version is 20241108003.30.WebView2 Version is 131.0.2903.51.
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