The new Outlook for Mac
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Message view columns
Ability to add columns such as Message Size. My organisation has strict quotas so its handy to be able to delete large messages
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Support for contact lists (not contact groups!)
Support for contact lists from Outlook.com on the web.
I know contact groups (...@groups.outlook.com) are supported, but support for contact LISTS is also needed.
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Conversation threading should be a per-folder setting
Conversation threading should be a per-folder setting, so, for example, my Inbox could have it on and my Sent Mail could have it off.
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Support for Online Archive policies
When using Online Archiving it would be useful to have access to the archive policies when right-clicking a folder or email.
In the 'old' Outlook for Mac client this feature was never supported but it is available in Outlook on the Web today.
10 votes -
Now that new emails are created are inline please make a tab system so I can have multiple drafts open within the one outlook window.
Now that new emails are created are inline please make a tab system so I can have multiple drafts open within the one outlook window.
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Add feature already in Windows (Previous/Next)
Mirror Windows version function related to "After moving or deleting an open item" and the option to return, open previous or next. Also, add previous/next buttons to email windows.
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Ability to use an alias on Gmail
Was previously able to use an alias on a Gmail account, no longer able to do that on the new Outlook. Love it but this was an important feature. Can you restore?
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Support for email aliases
Would be great to have account support for email aliases per provider.
6 votes -
Give both mark as read and mark as unread option when multiple emails are selected
When selecting multiple emails with varying read/unread statuses, only one option (mark as read/mark as unread) is available.
I'd like to have both options in the context menu.
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Include archive, delete, and flag buttons in mail notifications
When the notification window is displayed for new incoming email, please include buttons to quickly archive, delete, or flag the new incoming email without having to go to the main outlook window. It would be nice to be able to quickly delete incoming email if we don't want to read it, right from the notification display.
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Mail Clean Up
Add a Clean Up feature as the Windows version currently has to clear up any duplicate emails/unnecessary emails from conversation threads.
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The new outlook format doesn't give you the option to move an email to a local folder
You can no longer move Gmail mails to local folders (which was possible with the old version). The only folders that show up in the "Move->Choose Folder.." option are ones that are created within gmail.
If you wanted to create a folder within Gmail you can't - that option is greyed out.
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6 votes
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Keep selected inbox view
I never work in the "all mail" view in Inbox, but mostly the "unread" or "flaged". Everytime I move "in and out" of the inbox, the view is reset and I have to select the view again. Please make sure the "setting" for the view is keept.
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6 votes
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Larger indicators for flags/categories for messages
Categories and Flags should have more visible color indicators- the minimal style is hard to parse visually as it can be in different places. If there is only one applied, then a full background color (like in the old days) would be wonderful. But even having a larger bar that is full height on the left side would be much more useful than the moving items we have now.
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Add the Sweep feature from the web app
Sweep let's you quickly set up rules and filter emails into folders. It is the only way I can deal with a large volume of emails. Please bring it to the desktop app!
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8 votes
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Show Reply/Forward button and quick access to conversation view
Two useful features I believe to be missing in this build:
• On the "You replied to/forwarded this message." bar, please add back the button that allowed quick access to that sent message.
• Along the same lines, there used to be a quote bubble near the top of the reading pane that allowed quick access to the full thread of a conversation, for those of us who prefer to not use conversation mode. Would love to see that returned.6 votesThe conversation index, showing all messages in the conversation across folders, is now displayed in the message list itself
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Fix the focus / double click issue when opening emails
There is a bug that if you are not focused on Outlook, then double click an email you want to open, it opens the previously selected email. You then have to make sure you are focused in outlook, then double click the one you want.
Instead of doing that, it should focus the email you click, THEN open that email. It looks like the events are firing in the wrong order or something weird....
Try it for yourself. It's pretty irritating.
7 votes
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