Question about Outlook Express

today, out of nowhere my primary inbox folder renamed itself. others have not, but this one did. at first I thought it disappeared but I eventually found it way down in my list...

I use spaces at the beginning of many folders to push the to the top of the list. I've been doing this with finder folders for as long as I can remember and with office email apps since at least entourage 2004 (I think I used outlook express before that). having a couple folders with one space moves them above the 30 or so others that are dropped inside organizational folders. then another 3 or 4 get two spaces, a couple get three spaces, and two main "inbox" folders that separate work from personal emails sat at the top with four spaces. this identity has been in use for at least 12 years, rebuilt a handful of times and updated from entourage version to version to outlook a couple weeks ago. 

I cannot see this as being anything by design, as since I've switched to 10.9 two weeks ago, I've created new folders with spaces. just today, mid-day, it removed existing spaces all on its own (it had changed when I switched back to outlook) and I had not attempted to edit the folder name myself via the right-click or regular double click or delayed clicks or returns. I just came back to it like this.

I have no system or outlook updates available. I've relaunched, rebooted, and rebuilt my database, all with no luck.

I'm not the only one as this thread explains my same issue as well: http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/77e59216-c5dc-492a-846b-0c61d9a429a9

does anyone have any input regarding how I might fix it? the only thing I can think of would be to restore an older outlook db from time machine, export the mailbox that I want to the desktop and then attempt to import it in hopes that it holds the name with spaces as a folder. I'm not confident that it'll work and it'll be a lot of work to test it so I'm hoping someone else has a better idea?

I have an IMac that connects to our Exchange Server. On the IMac I have folders "On My Computer" for each year of emails. I also have a MBA and it also connects to our Exchange Server however it does not have my have folders "On My Computer" for each year of emails. Clearly the Exchange email sync properly between the two computers fine. Is there a way software etc that can be used to replicate the "On My Computer" folders between the two computers? Many times when I am on the road I need access to my old emails.

TIA,

Jeff

Hi,

My Name is Michael and this is my first posting here.

I bought MS Office 2011 for a friend who is also a customer.

I'm an IT supporter and he is the only one who use an Apple system.

Well. Outlook drives me crazy because some things are makes both of us very angry.

Prior to Office 2011 he used Office 2008 for Mac with Entourage.

He use his email address twice for privat and company activities.

OK. Here my questions.

1.  ReplyTo Address

     As I understand MS has removed this feature.

     He need this feature because he send emails from his account for business activities and the recipient answer to his company email address.

     It make sence in this case. Belive me :)

2.  Signature

     I've prepared two signatures and set one of them to standard at the "business" account which is also the standard account.

     It always start with the "private" account If he write a new email.

3.  Font Size

     The biggest problem at the moment is the font size.

     He use the font Calibri with a size of 12.

     Some recipient get the emails with a font size of 6.

     He write emails in HTML.

That's the first nightmares for the moment.

I hope you understand what I've said and someone can help me.

Thanks for reading my posting and have a nice day :)

Michael

Running Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 on a Macbook Pro with a solid-state "hard drive".

This condition existed under Mountain Lion, so we can't blame Mavericks for this.

My Mac and Outlook are awake at all times, while the display goes to sleep after five minutes.  It seems that when the computer is unattended and otherwise idle, the every-10-minute send-and-receive-all does not succeed in downloading messages waiting at the server, but instead creates an "inactivity timeout" in the error log.  As soon as other activities start getting performed, the next send-and-receive-all effectively downloads everything waiting at the server.  At first glance this sounds like a "so what?" situation.  The undesirable element occurs when the user is waiting for an e-mail while not sitting next to the computer, and would like the audible alert when a message arrives.

IMHO, this sounds like a hairline timing problem associated with "server delay"; i.e., how long Outlook will wait for a response from the server. If the computer is doing other things, it may slow down the time check just enough to let the server respond. On the other hand, if the computer is idle, the time check can run at full speed and beat the server to the punch.  I know this may not make sense, but keep in mind that this is just my opinion, which usually doesn't make sense anyway.

In Windows Outlook 2007, there is an easy-to-find slider adjustment for the server delay time.  There is no such convenience in Outlook for Mac 2011.

Is there a work-around for this?

I started a backup of "My Documents" folder to Google Drive, after Google Drive quit, I went ahead to check my email on Outlook 2011 and it was BLANK!

In "My Documents" folder of course was my Microsoft User Data.

I have a backup of the Outlook Database with a size of 1.69GB, and I need to merge the Outlook database with a "new" Identity. I have tried using the "option key" and opening Outlook, but it creates a "new" identity and an empty database. I use POP not Exchange.

I need someones help please! I have important emails that I can't lose, so I will REALLY appreciate someones help.

I thank you in advance!

Using Outlook 2011 on Macbook with OS X 10.8.3.

Outlook recently started showing status that it was not connected to the corporate exchange server, and thus not syncing.   Another account in Outlook still connects and syncs normally (different company's exchange server).  I am able to connect to mail via OWA, so the account is working fine.

I tried adding a new outlook account with my exchange credentials, and autodiscover fails with the message "Outlook 2011 requires Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 4 or later."   I have confirmed that our Exchange server is on ver 14.3.123.0.  (Mailbox server Microsoft Exchange version: 14.3.123.0).

I've added the oa.company.com autodiscover.company.com and respective ip addresses to hosts file, in case it was a DNS related issue...  no luck.  From the same network, when I type oa.company.com into browser on Windows machine I get an IIS7 welcome page.    When I try it from mac I get a blank page (http and https).

Eventually deleted the account and tried to add it again.  Still no luck.

OWA works just fine, and all the tests i've run on "Remote Connectivity Analyzer" are green for EWS.  

I did find two potential problems in the autodiscover test:

    1) Testing TCP port 443 on host company.com to ensure it's listening and open.

The specified port is either blocked, not listening, or not producing the expected response.

    2) Analyzing the certificate chains for compatibility problems with versions of Windows.  

The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer can only validate the certificate chain using the Root Certificate Update functionality from Windows Update. Your certificate may not be trusted on Windows if the "Update Root Certificates" feature isn't enabled.

Elapsed Time: 7 ms.

I tried to set up the account with Mac Mail app, adding an "Exchange account," and it worked just fine.  Using just email and password, mac mail detected all of the settings and started to download and sync mail and calendar.    

Mac mail's autodiscover service shows:

    internal server:  oa.company.com

    external server:  webmail.company.com

I've tried using a number of different server addresses in outlook 2011 when adding the account, but none have connected.

Original address when it was working previously:  https://webmail.company.com/ews/exchange.asmx

Mailbox address from OWA:  USXXXMBX01.company.com

OA:   oa.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx

https://oa.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you

At my job I am bringing in several email addresses into Outlook on the Mac and PC. I monitor about four other company email addresses along with my own. The problem I have is that when I look at the other email's  on my Mac I only see the Inbox and nothing else (except for my own personal one). When I look at those same email addresses in Outlook on my PC I see Inbox, Sent, Deleted, Draft, etc.

Why are all the folders under those other four email addresses that are on the PC not showing up on the Mac? Also if I look at, let's say the Sent folder on the PC, it does not show the email that I sent from that particular email addresses from the MAC.

Can anyone direct me to the answer on this. I am on Outlook 2011 on the MAC and the PC is Outlook 2007.

Thanks,

Barb

My MS Outlook connects to Wifi everywhere I go, but it will only updates and syncs when I am using the Wifi at work. But as soon as I leave the office and will not update, sync or send /receive emails.

Does anyone know why that would be?

Appreciate your help!

Stan R