Office 365 time zone hassles
Office 365 mis-handles email read receipts and tracking with the Monrovia / Reykjavik time zone.There’s an ongoing complaint about Office 365’s response to email read receipts and other email tracking. When an Office 365 user asks for a read receipt, the receipt comes back with a time zone of ‘UTC Monrovia / Reykjavik’ not the […]
Outlook Web Apps – time zone change
How to change the time zone setting in Outlook Web Apps and how it’s a workaround for an Outlook problem. Anyone who has Outlook Web Apps can use it to workaround a long-standing problem in Outlook – multiple time zone display. Outlook has always given limited time zone support. For some reason Microsoft doesn’t seem […]
Moving existing Outlook data
How to move existing Outlook items to an Office 365 or any other new email setup. Now that you have an Office 365 account working in Outlook you can copy your current Tasks, Contacts and Calendar from your current Outlook store into the Office 365 account. In short, open up the existing Outlook folder and […]
Copying many items in Outlook – troubleshooting
Copying or moving many items in Outlook isn’t easy – here’s how to avoid Outlook’s deficiencies. For as long as Outlook has existed, there have been problems when you copy or move many items around. Here are some suggestions from years of experience and frustration. When transferring many items, Outlook gets bogged down terribly. You’ll […]
Share a single Outlook with Remote Desktop
How to use a single copy of Outlook on multiple machines. There’s an easy way to run a single copy of Outlook and use it on multiple machines – Remote Desktop. We’ve heard from many Outlook users who move their PST data files between a laptop and desktop computers. We’re happy to say there’s a […]
Remote Desktop configuration
Some important options for Windows Remote Desktop connections. Here’s a quick tour of some Remote Desktop options available when you click the Options button on bottom left of the opening dialog: General For the faster start of a remote connection, click ‘Allow me to save credentials’ and type a user name into the box. You’ll […]
Office 365 message limits
Office 365 has some unusual limits on the number and size of messages you can send or receive. Office 365 has some restrictions on emails and how many you can send, but some are not calculated the usual way. Message Size The size of an email message is always calculated ‘all up’. Not just the […]
Outlook online is also offline
Using Outlook linked to online storage and you keep on working work if disconnected. Whenever Outlook is connected to online data storage (ie Gmail via IMAP or Exchange Server / Office 365) it will let you keep working if there’s a break in internet access. Outlook is designed to cache online data into a file […]
Using email with a domain name
How to manage email in Outlook with your own domain name. Rick J writes “I have my own domain name and I want to make email accounts for me and family using it. What’s the best option for me?”. Firstly, congratulations on making the switch to a permanent email address. Having your own domain name […]
Syncing Google services with Outlook
Get your Outlook data to show up with Google services and vice-versa. Using gSyncit you can keep a copy of your Outlook contacts, calendar, tasks and notes in your Google account. Why would you want to do that? Once your Outlook info is syncd with online storage it’s available to you in a range of […]
Navigation Pane changes in Outlook 2010
In Outlook 2010 the navigation pane is more configurable but takes up more room. Michele T writes: “In Outlook 2007 the folders lists were single spaced vertically and I could see all or most of the projects that I was working on at the same time. With Outlook 2010, they are all double spaced with […]
Getting Outlook on multiple machines
How to get your Outlook data on multiple computers and more. Temple F writes: “I would like to clone my current Outlook file (emails, contacts, calendar, tasks, settings) over to a 2nd and possibly 3rd PC. I don’t believe I’ve seen any reviews on some of the complete add-ins for this purpose. I saw something […]
Outlook reminders for ebay and other online purchases
Use Outlook to track delivery of online orders from Ebay, Amazon or other retailers. Outlook can be easily used to track online orders from Ebay, Amazon to make sure they arrive. When you’re ordering a lot of items online it’s easy to overlook one. Outlook can pop-up a reminder for each package so you don’t […]
Push Outlook beyond your computer with gSyncit
A tool for syncing your Outlook data with online services. gSyncit is an option for pushing your Outlook data, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes to online services. This is important because it lets you access that Outlook info on other devices like the iPhone or Android smartphones with updates copied automatically. It came to our […]
Problems with iCloud and Outlook
An iCloud link with Outlook sounds great, a pity it doesn’t work in the real world. Lots of iPhone and iPad users got excited when they learned about iCloud and its ability to sync mail, calendar, contacts and tasks with Outlook via the Internet. Hold the applause, if you actually try to use iCloud’s links […]
iCloud and Microsoft Outlook
How to sync Outlook to your Apple devices with iCloud and why it sucks. Apple’s iCloud service provides a way to synchronize some parts of Outlook with your Apple iPhone, iTouch or iPad but it doesn’t work as most people would like. Before iCloud, you could synchronize your Outlook Contacts, Calendar and Tasks via iTunes. […]
