The new Outlook.com
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This is the forum where you can give us feedback about the new experiences in Outlook.com.
Please vote on ideas you like. If you have a new idea that hasn’t been submitted by anyone else, submit it. If you have many ideas, submit them separately. This will help us decide what to build next.
We’ll reply to top issues, and will consider other suggestions as well. Thanks for trying the beta!
For more information, check out our help page.
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No way to sign-out, no Help icon in Outlook.com (even after a couple of months)
Sign-out and Help cannot be accessed in Outlook.com website in Mail and Calendar, except under People. Is this a bug? How do I sign out of Outlook.com?
29 votesHey all,
Sorry to hear you’re having this issue. Can you please fill out this form so that we have more information we can use to investigate?
Colin
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Junk e-mail: block e-mail addresses using wildcards (eg *@*.can
Junk e-mail: why can't you allow the user to block e-mails using a wildcard and only part of the e-mail address? I receive, EVERY DAY, emails from pharmacy<something>.can and I want to block @.can instead of wasting my time to block every single instance, every single day
769 votesThanks for your feedback! Sorry to hear that you are having these problems with blocking senders.
Our junk / spam team is looking into this suggestion, and we should have an update in the next month or two.
Colin
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Return Receipt
Return Receipt when e-mail is sent
899 votesThanks for the comment! We’re putting Read Receipts under consideration, for possible Outlook.com features.
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No way to view message source without opening email. Please go back to right-click an unopened message for this function.
No way to view message source without opening email...
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Block Sender
You marked "completed" the "Block Sender" item that had over 1100 votes and many more comments. The solution you gave does not work when the email is already in the "Junk" email folder. Right clicking on items in the "Junk" folder opens the email. It does bring up the "Block" function, but still opens the email. Again, your solution addresses emails that are not already in the "Junk" folder. Please reopen this issue and give us a way to block emails without having to open them if they are already in the Junk folder based on your spam criteria. This…
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Select checkbox
The Master checkbox used to only select what was on my screen, this made it easy for me to clear batches of email quickly. Now, the checkbox selects everything in a folder, even if I've not had a chance to see it. This is not helpful at all.
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SAFE SENDERS BROKEN!!
Safe Senders all deleted and cannot save new ones!!
167 votesHey, we’re looking into this with our Information Protection team. Will provide an update in the next month or so!
Colin
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Scroll bar design limits accessibility
Scroll bars are far too narrow, and making the bar mostly invisible makes it incredibly difficult for people with limited eyesight to see, and the tiny size can make it awkward to select.
36 votesThanks for your feedback! We’ll look into this and will get back to you.
Colin
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Multiple Calendar Reminders
I am looking at Office 365 as a viable alternative to Google Apps. One of the most useful features of Google Calendar is that I can have multiple reminders specified. So for instance my default is to receive a reminder 2 weeks ahead, 1 week ahead, 2 days ahead and 2 hours ahead.
I can only see an option for one reminder on the Office 365 calendar and can't see how to add more. This is a serious omission. A basic calendar requirement in my opinion.
179 votesWe’re looking at whether we can support this. Will update you soon!
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Restore ability to create alias with hotmail.com -domain
Years ago it was possible existing users to create alias with "hotmail.com"- or "outlook.com" -domain. Now it's only possible to create alias with "outlook.com"-domain.
However new users (becoming Microsoft Account users) can choose their first email address between "hotmail.com" or "outlook.com" domains. I think this is unfair!
Please, give existing users ability to create new aliases with "hotmail.com" -domain so users can choose between "outlook.com" or "hotmail.com" -domains.
96 votesFirst off thank you for the suggestion, and for using Outlook.com.
I am reviewing this request to see the feasibility. However, in the meantime, can you respond back with why you rather have the hotmail.com domain instead of outlook.com?
Thanks
David Los
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Print calendar missing
We would like to print the calendar for any range of dates and list all of the scheduled events date and time etc
149 votesThanks for your feedback. We’ll take this recommendation into consideration as we work on our new print experience for the beta.
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I am unable to delete contact: Make the Delete button in Contacts actually do something. I want to delete old contacts but can't
It would seem a good idea if the Delete button inthe contacts list actually allowed you to delete contacts that are no longer required.
52 votesThanks for using Outlook.com and for taking the time to provide feedback on the product. We’re currently looking into how we can improve the contact management issues that you’ve reported.
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email deletion
EMail Deletion
Why can't I delete the emails showing on the panel vs having to delete my entire Inbox?? I don't like having to click each one seperately.
591 votesThank you for your feedback! We are considering this change and will reply back when we have an update.
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2 options for 'select all' checkbox: Select All in view vs everything
In the old view I can select all, and have it select only the visible messages. With this new beta select all seems to select my entire inbox. I would like both options.
301 votesThank you for your feedback! We are considering this change and will reply back when we have an update.
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Save to OneNote is missing!
Add the One Note choice back as a location to either save or move to.
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Please allow us to get rid of this 'Conversation History' folder. I have no use for it and it just takes up space.
Allow us to remove the 'Conversation History' folder. I have no use for this and never will. Please allow us to delete it.
747 votesThanks for your patience. We’re putting Hiding the “Conversation History” folder (and other empty, unused folders) under consideration, for possible Outlook.com improvements.
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Desperately need a way to reorganize the folders in outlook.com
Would like a way to re-arrange folders, current their is no way to organize the folders position, when you drag a folder it only allows it to become a sub folder, but I want to move the positions of the parent folders. such as Inbox, Custom Folder, Achieve, Custom Folder, Deleted, Junk, etc.
98 votesThank you for your feedback on the Outlook.com beta! We are considering this change and will reply back when we have an update.
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Show total number of items in folder (like in desktop Outlook)
In Outlook 2010 and later, users can choose to display the total number of items in each folder (rather than the number of unread items). Please add this feature.
125 votesThank you for your feedback on the Outlook.com beta! We are considering this change and will reply back when we have an update.
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Items deleted still show as unread
If an e-mail was read only on a single click and deleted, it still shows as Unread in the Deleted Items folder. It makes more sense that it shows as Read?
49 votesThanks for your feedback on the Outlook.com beta! We are considering this and will reply back when we have an update.
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React to window width. Be a responsive web page.
Not good if you want to view in snap mode or on smaller widths as you've not included a responsive design.
To actually use some features you have to view the website and on smaller devices it makes sense to cater for this.108 votesThank you for your feedback on the Outlook.com beta! We are considering a number of ways we should change the design based on screen size. We will reply back when we have an update.
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