The following articles were included in recent Exchange Messaging Outlook (EMO) newsletters. For a complete list of articles published in 2013 (and links to the indexes for previous years), see Exchange Messaging Outlook Issues Index 2013
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Meetings are not removed when the invitation is deleted
When a meeting invitation is deleted from the Inbox, the tentative copy of the associated meeting remains in the Calendar.
Sync Slider and Exchange Mailboxes
Outlook 2013 includes a new feature, Sync Slider, that limits the amount of mail synced with Outlook, in an effort to limit the size of the offline cache file used by Exchange or IMAP mailboxes.
Attachments are hidden in Outlook.com tasks and appointments
Because of recent changes at Outlook.com, tasks, appointments, and contacts do not support attachments. You can add attachments to the items in Outlook 2013, but the attachments are hidden.
Create tasks for outlook.com and a second Tasks folder
This VBA code sample is the result of a discussion in the Microsoft Answers forum. Because of recent changes at Outlook.com, tasks, appointments, and contacts do not support attachments. You can add attachments to the items in Outlook 2013, but the attachments are hidden.
Delivering Exchange email to a pst file
One of the big benefits of using an Exchange mailbox is the ability to keep everything (calendar, contacts and email) on the server and access it from any computer using either Outlook or OWA (Outlook Web Access). For various reasons, some people want to deliver their Exchange mail to a pst file.

Syncing Outlook with an Android smartphone
How to sync an Android phone with Microsoft Outlook’s calendar, contacts, and tasks.

Outlook Quick Tip: Missing Calendar Bell
Several users who recently upgraded to Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013 wondered what happened to the reminder bell: The Calendar reminder bell is not displayed on the month view. It’s on the other views. How do I turn it on for the month view? Microsoft turned off the bell to give a cleaner appearance. You

Choosing a From address in Exchange
Every Exchange user’s mailbox can have many email addresses. Can a user define what email address to appear in the “From” field?

Import Images into the Active Directory
Outlook isn’t alone in supporting photos, in fact, the Active Directory has supported pictures for years, using the Picture attribute (thumbnailPhoto) to store thumbnail photos.

Batch Import Photos into Outlook Contacts
How to add photos to Outlook contacts, either by editing each contact or using VBA or a utility to add images to all contacts.

