Microsoft Outlook woes
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I really don't want to use Outlook but Microsoft is forcing it on Windows users unless you want to go third party. The main problem is it periodically unmarks as read a bunch of my previous emails. Like 20 at a time, which wastes my time. Enough that I'm avoiding the switch for as long as possible. It's hooked to my gmail account. Does anyone else have this problem?
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What type of mail server are you using? This sounds like an IMAP issue where the read/unread flag isn't being updated on the mail server.
It's connected using the connect to gmail feature so I'm not sure. The stock mail client doesn't have this problem.
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I really don't want to use Outlook but Microsoft is forcing it on Windows users unless you want to go third party. The main problem is it periodically unmarks as read a bunch of my previous emails. Like 20 at a time, which wastes my time. Enough that I'm avoiding the switch for as long as possible. It's hooked to my gmail account. Does anyone else have this problem?
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I use Thunderbird on all devices as MS just pissed me off to the point where I was happy to try a 3rd party product. Sources are GMail and a private hosted imapi account.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I use Thunderbird on all devices as MS just pissed me off to the point where I was happy to try a 3rd party product. Sources are GMail and a private hosted imapi account.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
Thunderbird here too. I've 12 different email accounts, a mix of POP3 and IMAP. Mainly happy with it, though the calendar is clunky and have never got tasks working. A few other bits are clunky but there have been improvements over the years and it's never done anything really bad.
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Thunderbird here too. I've 12 different email accounts, a mix of POP3 and IMAP. Mainly happy with it, though the calendar is clunky and have never got tasks working. A few other bits are clunky but there have been improvements over the years and it's never done anything really bad.
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Hah - retired, 2 accounts, use Google for calendar or the wall mounted paper version and have no use for any of the other ancillary functionality. As an email client it works just fine!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I really don't want to use Outlook but Microsoft is forcing it on Windows users unless you want to go third party. The main problem is it periodically unmarks as read a bunch of my previous emails. Like 20 at a time, which wastes my time. Enough that I'm avoiding the switch for as long as possible. It's hooked to my gmail account. Does anyone else have this problem?
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I hate it when people don't answer the question and just suggest an alternative. That said, I'm now going to engage in some self-hatred. I've used Thunderbird since MS decommissioned Outlook Express eons ago. It works well with my gmail accounts. I use Outlook at work and I'm... unimpressed. It's slow and a resource hog. Unfortunately I have no choice there, given the level of tactical equipage available to our IT gestapo.
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I hate it when people don't answer the question and just suggest an alternative. That said, I'm now going to engage in some self-hatred. I've used Thunderbird since MS decommissioned Outlook Express eons ago. It works well with my gmail accounts. I use Outlook at work and I'm... unimpressed. It's slow and a resource hog. Unfortunately I have no choice there, given the level of tactical equipage available to our IT gestapo.
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I really don't want to use Outlook but Microsoft is forcing it on Windows users unless you want to go third party. The main problem is it periodically unmarks as read a bunch of my previous emails. Like 20 at a time, which wastes my time. Enough that I'm avoiding the switch for as long as possible. It's hooked to my gmail account. Does anyone else have this problem?
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
No; but I only "open" it when I actually use it; then close it. Being told "You got mail!" got old long ago. I also don't answer the phone and use a recording machine (if I don't know who you are).
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I really don't want to use Outlook but Microsoft is forcing it on Windows users unless you want to go third party. The main problem is it periodically unmarks as read a bunch of my previous emails. Like 20 at a time, which wastes my time. Enough that I'm avoiding the switch for as long as possible. It's hooked to my gmail account. Does anyone else have this problem?
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
I use it (rarely) for a company account on O365. I have never seen it do that, but I have seen it do worse. Never hooked it to my gmail account but I have a different account and it no longer pulls email for it and won't let me delete it. Typical Microsoft program: "be reasonable, do it my way". :) That said, I run Linux and use T'bird with Popfile for most of my email, including that O365 account. Not sure Google and Microsoft want to play nicely together. Are you using Imap or PoP?
>64 Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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I use it (rarely) for a company account on O365. I have never seen it do that, but I have seen it do worse. Never hooked it to my gmail account but I have a different account and it no longer pulls email for it and won't let me delete it. Typical Microsoft program: "be reasonable, do it my way". :) That said, I run Linux and use T'bird with Popfile for most of my email, including that O365 account. Not sure Google and Microsoft want to play nicely together. Are you using Imap or PoP?
>64 Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
theoldfool wrote:
Are you using Imap or PoP?
No idea. I just went through the connect account feature that wires up gmail automagically.
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No; but I only "open" it when I actually use it; then close it. Being told "You got mail!" got old long ago. I also don't answer the phone and use a recording machine (if I don't know who you are).
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
Gerry Schmitz wrote:
I also don't answer the phone and use a recording machine (if I don't know who you are).
Same
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