Understanding the different Office 365 product offerings: Office software and hosted services such as Exchange Online.
Outlook and POP3 support in Windows 8
Use POP3 on Windows 8 with any email client, but not with the Windows 8 Mail app.
Changing the Reply format revisited
Should you change the format of messages so that all replies are sent using HTML formatting?
Restrictions in effect: why Adobe is wrong to install Chrome by default
I know I'm not the only person who is totally frustrated with software companies that decide to push other software on us. They do it because they get paid for every instance they install and they make a lot more money when the user is required to opt-out because very few people will opt-in. It's wrong in every way.
Real Men of Genius: Mr. Microsoft Product Namer
With the recent fiasco with SkyDrive naming, it's time to dust this off yet again. The recent product name changes reminded me that Mr Microsoft Product Namer should be honored as a Real Men of Genius.
Why don't the folders expand?
As POP3 users have discovered, when you use rules to move email to another folder, the folders expand. As these POP3 users move to Exchange server, their folders don't expand. “How can I get the subfolders to autoexpand when a new message arrives in one of these subfolders?” This is not an option that can
How to clean Out of Office Rules using MFCMAPI
When Out of Office is not working correctly, you may need to delete the Out of Office (OOF) rule from your mailbox. You can do this using MFCMAPI. To Clear OOF Rule in the mailbox You need to use an online profile. This will not work if you are using cached mode! Turn off OOF
Installing Outlook hotfixes on Windows x64
We've had a few questions and complaints this week about hotfixes and downloads, usually centering around which version to install (x86 or x64) and why the download insists the correct Office version is not installed. In an effort to make installing the correct hotfix or download easier, Microsoft detects the browser version and shows only
Can't open or preview .PDF attachment in Outlook
How to fix Outlook attachment preview error: This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer: PDF Preview Handler
Outlook is downloading duplicate emails from a POP3 account
Why Microsoft Outlook downloads duplicate messages from a POP3 account and how to remove the duplicate messages from your Inbox.