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
    2025-05-28T13:27:55+00:00

    That is the way mine is setup. I have 4 email accounts, 2 Hotmail and 2 Gmail, setup right under my Favorites folder. They are Inbox (@Hotmail.com); Inbox (@Gmail.com); Inbox (@Gmail.com); and Inbox (xxx@Hotmail.com).

    They show a blue number at the right of them with the number of new emails since I last looked at them. Just add your email accounts and the put the Inbox folder of each account under Favorites, then delete any folders under Favorites that you don't want. You now have a quick look at any new emails and the full email folders are down below them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-07T15:08:47+00:00

    Mail just stopped working. Therefore, I am uninstalling Outlook and going to Thunderbird.

    Mail had a plain, simple innterface perfect for the home user. Outlook was great when I had an echange account but I don't need all that extra functionality anymore.

    The main feature I need now is a unified inbox!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T22:38:19+00:00

    I think MS are playing with words. Unified Accounts means that you can see all your emails in one app - not in one unified or linked Inbox.

    If the feature doesn't come in an upcoming release as promised (refer comment in blogs on IMAP accounts, particularly reference to GMail) I am moving away from the Microsoft platform and software.

    BTW MS should have a more active and proactive participation on user forums - they are generally MIA

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T14:27:54+00:00

    SO FRUSTRATING!!! @MicrosoftSupport can you please fix this issue!??

    We need a single view for all email accounts! In addition, the item view shows new emails (new unread items) and does not show opened emails (once read), at simple view I have to click on the account to see all opened emails. Terrible UX!

    Please fix!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-21T13:15:49+00:00
    1. Consider the Older Outlook:
      • If the new Outlook’s limitations are causing inconvenience, you can continue using the older version of Outlook that allows you to link and view all inbox emails from multiple accounts seamlessly3.

    I wish this were true. Got to this page looking for exactly that info: how to achieve a "unified inbox" across email accounts in "traditional" Outlook 365. Everything I read tells me it was never possible, so apparently even the "new improved" Outlook is not one iota better. MS: everything changes all the time, but never improves, only becomes more confusing...

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