Hovering over a hyperlink in the "new" outlook doesn't display the actual URL. How can this be remedied.

Anonymous
2024-06-22T00:02:14+00:00

A very dangerous behavior in the new outlook is that hoving the mouse pointer over a hyperlink in an email no longer displays the actual URL of the link.

Seeing the true URL is the #1 way people can avoid getting email scammed. Removing this tool is inviting people to get defrauded. This should not be a default behavior and I cannot see how to resolve this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-20T13:53:06+00:00

    Absolutely unreal how Microsoft hasnt corrected this already... they are asleep at the wheel. Do they even use their own products or are they all using Apple?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-16T20:12:52+00:00

    That's a good observation Jérôme! Agreed, this needs to get fixed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-13T18:44:53+00:00

    Hi Lee,

    I just did a test sending an email from the new Outlook with links in it, and opened it in the new Outlook for the recipient user and the hover over still isn't there. The hover over also isn't there in the email in the sent folder. It shows up when I view the email using the classic Outlook however. These emails were between internal users (same organization / M365 Tenant).

    If Microsoft made the mistake of tying this to having Microsoft Defender that would be surprising. Many companies use 3rd party email protection services like ProofPoint, Mimecast, etc. But since my test of two users within the same M365 Tenant bypasses any external email filtering, that doesn't apply in this case. Also considering users within the same tenant have different experiences (between the new Outlook and classic Outlook), I'm leaning towards this not being dependent upon Microsoft Defender.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-03T20:12:34+00:00

    I switched back to the regular outlook due to this issue. Posting here in hopes that out combined efforts will push this boulder up the hill.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-29T01:15:03+00:00

    Unfortunately dragging it can make it go off in your hand and who know what the spillage will be.

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