Outlook sucks, even in space
I have a complicated relationship with Microsoft Outlook. I wouldn’t touch Microsoft’s first-party email client if it weren’t part of my job—I’ve run entire websites out of Gmail, for example. But it looks like I’m…
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Modernize Outlook by giving the old icon a new look
A few months ago, Microsoft redesigned the icons for its Office programs. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the rest can now be accessed via new, modernized icons. Only the classic Outlook was left out; it still…
Microsoft finally rolls out redesigned Outlook contact profiles
Microsoft was originally supposed to launch new contact profiles in the Outlook app by February, but ended up postponing the launch. Now, in an Outlook Blog post, the company has released a detailed look at…
Stop Outlook meddling in your search results
If you search for old emails in Microsoft’s Outlook email program, you won’t see them in chronological order. Instead, the program uses a feature called “Top Results,” where Outlook tries to work out for itself…
Microsoft extends support for the classic Outlook app again
The phase-out of the classic Outlook app has been significantly delayed, as Microsoft’s developers have had a difficult time adding the missing features from classic Outlook to the new Outlook app. It’s now clear that…
Microsoft 365 hit by outage, preventing access to emails and files
An ongoing Microsoft outage is preventing enterprise customers from accessing email inboxes, files, meetings, and other Microsoft cloud services. The technology giant said in a post on X around 2:30 p.m. ET that the outage…
Microsoft squashes bug keeping the old Outlook from launching
There’s a new version of Outlook for Windows, basically a web skin. A lot of people aren’t thrilled about it and are still using the older, standalone version for its better offline capabilities. Unless they…
Perplexity releases AI-driven email assistant for Gmail and Outlook
AI company Perplexity, best known for its free AI-powered answer engine, is now launching another AI-powered tool called Perplexity Email Assistant. This AI assistant integrates directly into your email inbox and can help you maintain…
This simple Microsoft Outlook trick helps me sort my emails in a flash
Trying to distinguish between the emails directly sent to me and which ones I was just being Cc’d into in my Outlook Inbox used to take me a heap of time. I’d need to wade…
The new Outlook app is getting more offline mode features soon
The new Outlook app for Windows has been the target of all kinds of criticism over the last year, not least because it lacks many of the features that were already mainstays in the older…