Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
Issue still persists as of 31-01-2025
I am using Google Chrome as my default browser and it only happens with LinkedIn & Indeed job postings for me
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For several months now, when I click on links in emails from LinkedIn or Indeed, Outlook (new) opens two (2) tabs for the same link. Every time.
It does not do this if I switch back to the (Old) Outlook.
It does not do this if I open the same email/links in my Outlook 365 desktop application.
Since Microsofte embedded "safelinks" scanning, the Outlook (New) app has been a royal pain with links in emails, hiding links from view, and with this additional irritation, it seems that the development team have lost the plot.
My "Default" browser has no bearing on the result., it does it in Chrome or Firefox when set to default.
Switch to the old version of Outlook App, the issue goes away.
Forward an email to my priamary Outlook365 mailboxes... the issue is non existent...
By testing 3 versions of Outook with 3 web browsers, I only get the issue with the New Outlook App,... therefore I can only conclude that Microsoft have fudged this (New Outlook) version up even more.
*Note that for me it is only email links from LinkedIn and Indeed job alert emails and notifications, I have yet to find another platforms emails that are affected.
Are you getting any issues with these?
Lmk here if you find any other major platform emails too,
Ta!
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Issue still persists as of 31-01-2025
I am using Google Chrome as my default browser and it only happens with LinkedIn & Indeed job postings for me
it is december and still happening to me. It is so annoying!
I don't know why Microsoft team is not fixing or acknowledging the issue
Solution: my workaround was to block pop-ups for the site "https://outlook.live.com" in my browser's settings. As a result, it only opens LinkedIn once.
What's going on: Outlook webmail seems to be opening the link twice, once as a "pop-up" and again as a "new window". This also can pass unnoticed for many people because most browsers block pop-ups by default.
Check out this video: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2udny6f2vc2rc64bpimkc/popup.mp4?rlkey=kfxfqpz6d0jx5kz6vy3dhbuzt&st=w10c6rwe&dl=0
I'm having the same problem and can't find any settings to fix it. Annoying