Provide a feature to Customize Account Names for email accounts configured in Microsoft Outlook 2016
Provide a feature to Customize Account Names for email accounts configured in Microsoft Outlook 2016 maintaining case as well as re-arrange their order in navigation pane. similar to Windows 10 Mail app. Also It would be helpful for those who are visual to have the option to change the background color of each mailbox, (Inbox, Sent, and Trash), to avoid confusion when quickly navigating between them.
Nicholas D. Johnson
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Gabriel Meira
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I can rename all my accounts, but i can´t rename my 2 Microsofts accounts name. That results in a big and unnecessary classification. Please let us rename it.
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Jon
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Please...…………..
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Anonymous
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Ridiculous that the functionality to edit/rename account identifiers in the 'favorites' block exists for my non-Microsoft email accounts (and I have implemented it without issue), whilst it is not possible for my 365 email account ...
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Mark .
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This was a KEY FEATURE - please reinstate in Outlook 2019
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Ben Krause
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I would like to see this as well so that if we change the name of a user on the exchange server, that change is reflected in their outlook program. People get real testy when their last name changes because of getting married or divorced, and their old name still shows as the header of their outlook email folder list.
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Anthony D. Green
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OMG I was able to change mine by first creating the mailbox in the Windows 10 Mail Control Panel. After setting it up but before opening Outlook, I navigated the the Registry keys described in this article. https://www.slipstick.com/exchange/primary-account-removed-outlook/
I found the reference to the account email address and updated them to what I wanted it to display (a different email address) then opened up Outlook and the mailbox used that name rather than the email I logged in with. This was critical to me because my outlook.com email address is a very strange GUID (garbled number) and not the email address I normally send/receive with. So I wanted the Mailbox to use that name and not the one on outlook.com's servers. I can usually login to MS services with either address though.
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pierreleg@hotmail.com
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I have 4 accounts all IMAP and my PC Outlook interface looks horrible.
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Anonymous
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Please add this. We really need it.
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Jeff
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As of Outlook 2016, Office 2019 and Office 365 Build 1806, the MFCMAPI method is no longer persistent and eventually your custom display name will be overwritten again with your primary SMTP address.
I would like to be able to customize my account name for email accounts configured in Microsoft Outlook 2016.
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RobMan
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Please provide this feature. I NEED THIS!!!
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howsjewdoin
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post has been up since 2017 and this still isn't a thing? embarrassing.
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Jeff Hanshaw
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Let us rename the Exchange mailboxes!
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Michael
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You should be able to designate which folder is the inbox, sent, archive, spam etc. For some reason my work email spells the Spam/Junk mailbox as “spam” with a lowercase “s” and this is causing all kinds of problems between my different email clients.
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Anonymous
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Has some idiot in marketing persuaded you this is unnecessary.
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Anonymous
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I have several email accounts so I need he title bar to display the name of the account. It no longer does this after the last update.
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Steve
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I am now stuck with my @gmail.com address as my @outlook.com account name since your tool is silly.
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Fitzysue
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Please do
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Ian
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I would love this feature - please implement.
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Larry Stiles
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Same issue (rename account name) except I want it in Outlook 2019. It's a real pain to have one @#&*? account name 25 characters long when all the rest average 6 characters
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Anonymous
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Display name change is not possible in Outlook 2016 - please provide this feature in future releases. Thanks
