Outlook defaults to using Full Name (email@address) format as the email display name. Some users prefer to use a different format, often removing the email address for security reasons. We even have a macro that makes it easy to change the email display name. The email Display As field in Contacts: Is used as...
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When you use the Outlook Hotmail Connector and have the Hotmail Live account data file set as your default data file, any Social Connector provider that creates a local contact folder won’t work as expected. Specifically, online contacts won't be synced to Outlook and the people pane will show only email, not profile photos...
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The fix for this problem was pushed out to the servers om Dec 18 2011 and verified as working on most of the server clusters. If you are still having problems, let us know. We're been seeing reports over the past few weeks that Outlook Connector is not downloading old mail. This is caused...
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Hotmail allows you to configure additional addresses in your account, and you can set one as the default for new messages and replies. Alternatively, you can choose which address is used for replies. When you have more than one email account, you can have all mail delivered to a Hotmail account and reply from...
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The Contact sync bug is now fixed. Update from Gabe : The Outlook and Hotmail teams have identified the bug that is causing Contacts not to sync. The workaround is to populate a URL in the “Web page address:” field for the Contact. The Product Team is working on a Hotmail server bug fix...
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When you send a message using the Outlook Hotmail Connector then log into the account online and review the Sent folder, you expect to see the names (or addresses) of the person the message was sent to. Users are complaining about an apparent bug in the new Connector (14.2) because the sent folder shows...
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Following my October 4, 2010 tip, I received this from Microsoft: So in these cases, the best way to help these users is to have them go directly to the download website to get the MSI installing/repairing. I recommend just having Outlook tips send out the direct links and letting them know that installing/repairing...
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We’re seeing a lot of complaints that send and receives results in Error 4202 when trying to access a Hotmail account using the Outlook Hotmail Connector. The text of the error is usually as follows: ‘Task {email_address} reported error (0×80004005): There is an error synchronizing your mail account. Please verify your account is configured...
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A new Outlook Hotmail Connector was released today and it’s supposed to fix several send/receive issues. (I’m hoping this puts an end to the 4201, 4202 and other errors users frequently see.) One thing not yet fixed: this version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector doesn’t support the HTTPS protocol. New in this version of...
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Outlook 2002/20023 and Outlook 2000/98 in Corporate/Workgroup mode allow you to have as many profiles as you want. Generally, we recommend one profile per computer user (creating a Windows user account for each user is best, especially if you use Windows XP, but more hassle if you use Windows 98/ME). If you use Outlook...
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