New Outlook Not Syncing Read Status for Gmail

Anonymous
2023-09-10T12:39:43+00:00

Hi, I'm running the new version of Outlook on Windows 11, and have connected to both my Uni (O365) and Gmail (Microsoft Cloud). O365 works fine, but the Gmail account doesn't sync read status back to gmail. I.e. outlook gets the correct read status from Gmail, and it syncs things like starring/flagging emails back to Gmail. But although I can mark things as read in Outlook, that status never syncs back to Gmail. The same is true on 3 different PCs, so it's not peculiar to one particular computer.

Any ideas?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-24T19:36:10+00:00

    It seems to work now, but for some weeks it have been working on and off. Time will show if this program is stable when it comes to this function.

    If I have not closed the program off and reactivate my laptop after sleep, it does not update before I close the program and start it again. Thunderbird does not need to be closed and restarted after sleep to update mails. It's syncing during a work session and the machine is running, but have a problem after hibernation.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-24T19:00:25+00:00

    Does it reflect read/unread status? For example, if you read e-mails from a GMail client (like the web site or phone app), do these show as "read" in Outlook? Likewise, if you read message in Outlook, do they show up as "read" in GMail?

    Yes, it is now syncing read/unread email status between Gmail and the new Outlook, both ways, whether done in Outlook or Gmail.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-24T18:49:40+00:00

    Does it reflect read/unread status? For example, if you read e-mails from a GMail client (like the web site or phone app), do these show as "read" in Outlook? Likewise, if you read message in Outlook, do they show up as "read" in GMail?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-24T18:28:25+00:00

    Seems to be working for me now too.

    My current version info:

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-24T18:25:08+00:00

    Outlook for Windows seems to be syncing with Gmail now!

    Same here, the new Outlook is (finally after many months of notifying Microsoft) syncing read/unread status with Gmail. My computer's latest Windows update is KB5039212 (not related to Office 365 as far as I see, but just as a reference).

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