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
    2024-04-19T05:35:39+00:00

    His (Amgad Abdrabbu) instructions are for Android, not Windows. Unified inbox only works on Android, iOS and Mac. It does not work on any Microsoft operating systems. Go figure. I recommend BetterBird (a version of Thunderbird) if you want a unified inbox on Windows.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-25T14:40:31+00:00

    Microsoft Moderators keep skirting this issue for years. They even closed multiple threads to stop people from commenting/complaining about it any more.

    **** MS?

    All of your competitors have unified inboxes, including YOUR OWN APPS for Mac and Mobile. How is it possible that your Windows Outlook Team can't seem to figure this out? People have been begging for it for YEARS.

    Instead of:

                  **"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"**

    It is more like:

                        **"It's broke, let's break it some more."**

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-25T14:49:11+00:00

    This issue is completely maddening for someone used to having a unified inbox. Why is this so hard Microsoft!?!?!?!?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-26T20:06:52+00:00

    I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THIS SOLUTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE "NEW" OUTLOOK....I WAS FINE WITH THE OLDER VERSION, MSFT FORCED US TO SWITCH TO THE "NEW" ONLY TO FIND OUT IT IS A WATERED DOW NVERSION...I CAN'T COMBINE MY INBOXES EITEHR...NOW WHAT?....

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-30T13:31:22+00:00

    Thanks Anthony, That seems to be a do-able solution.

    New Outlook just feels "older" than the old outlook. So much confusion.

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