Outlook (new) opens 2 (two) tabs from email links from Indeed and LinkedIn. Old outlook is not affected, nor is Outlook 365. Same issue, different browsers....

Anonymous
2024-08-14T15:10:08+00:00

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!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-14T14:31:05+00:00

    Same for me. Just 1 tab (Outlook New + Edge). And more importantly, no more excessive memory consumption.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-21T14:42:07+00:00

    The problem remains for me.

    I'm on MacOS, using Edge and Outlook Web.

    Hyperlinks from LinkedIn emails open two tabs. Every time.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-21T15:04:24+00:00

    I don't know why the Microsoft team is not able to find a fix...... it's been pending for a couple of weeks now

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-21T21:48:04+00:00

    now that i checked again, i see its working ok for Indeed, but not for LinkedIn. Weird

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-30T14:52:53+00:00

    I'm having the same problem and can't find any settings to fix it. Annoying

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