By
Diane Ross | December 10, 2012
Outlook for Mac 2011 v14.2 (SP2). has made it easier for Outlook users to connect to their Gmail IMAP account. Enter your Gmail email address and password when creating a new Identity and your Send & Receive settings have been done for you automatically. What has not changed is why you should use IMAP rather than POP.
Why IMAP?
Standard POP/SMTP E-mail services download and delete mail from the mail servers by default. IMAP’s difference is its ability to . . .
Continue Reading: Connect Outlook for Mac 2011 to Gmail’s IMAP service
By
Diane Ross | November 26, 2012
Users are reporting that after upgrading to 14.2.5, their Yahoo and ATT IMAP accounts in Outlook 2011 were exhibiting odd behavior in the Inbox.
Some or all emails in the Inbox were deleted from Outlook and/or the server when connecting. Deleting emails caused some or all Inbox messages to delete. When synchronized even deleted were returned. . . .
Continue Reading: Warning: Issues with Yahoo and ATT IMAP accounts after upgrading to 14.2.5
By
Diane Ross | February 19, 2011
With the new unified Inbox option in Outlook that groups your Inboxes, Drafts, Deleted Items and Junk folders, some users are confused over mail that is downloaded to their computer or mail that is on the server. More info on the unified Inbox.
What are folders “On My Computer”?
Messages that are in folders under “On My Computer” are stored on your computer. Exchange users often archive messages from their Exchange account to “On My . . .
Continue Reading: Basics: Folders On My Computer
By
Diane Ross | October 16, 2010
If you’ve used Apple Mail or iPhone OS 4.0, you’re already familiar with the unified Inbox. By default, the Outlook folder list groups similar folders (Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Deleted Items ) from all your POP, IMAP and Microsoft Exchange accounts. This feature can make it easier to read all your messages. However, you can turn off this feature so that each account and all it’s folders are separated in the folder list. Unchecking reverts to . . .
Continue Reading: New features in Outlook-unified inbox
By
Diane Ross | October 8, 2010
Terms used with Entourage, Outlook & Apple Account Archive (zip) “Archive and Install” of the Mac OS Autofil, Autocomplete or Most Recently Used (MRU) AutoUpdate (MAU) Daemons Database for Entourage Digital Signatures Domain Encryption File Extensions Identity/User IMAP and POP Accounts Invisible files Jargon Log Out/In Mac not MAC Mac BU MERP MBOX Microsoft AU daemon Microsoft User Data folder (MUD) Most Recently Used (MRU) a.k.a. AutoComplete list MVP Notifications Online Access Packages POP Accounts . . .
Continue Reading: Glossary
By
Diane Ross | November 5, 2009
Hotmail users have lost functionality when Hotmail switched over to POP access recently. To get back IMAP, sign up to beta test mBox Mail for Mac. . . .
Continue Reading: Hotmail accounts as IMAP
By
Diane Ross | March 4, 2009
When connecting to an Exchange mailbox Entourage user sees the following error repeatedly. User enters correct credentials (username, password & domain) but same error comes back again thus effectively entering a never ending loop. . . .
Continue Reading: Logon failure for Exchange users: Mail could not be received at this time.
By
Diane Ross | January 13, 2009
Share one account with multiple users or multiple computers with different platforms and email applications. Includes info on IMAP and POP accounts as well as IMAP providers. . . .
Continue Reading: Share one account with multiple users and/or computers
By
Diane Ross | April 1, 2008
Another casualty of the transition to Entourage 2008 is the Empty Cache for the Entourage newsreader and purge IMAP messages. Currently there isn’t a way to empty cache files. Rebuilding the database in Entourage 2008 no longer flushes any caches.
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Continue Reading: Empty cache files in Entourage 2008
By
William Smith | November 8, 2007
A couple of folks have written and asked for ideas about making the move from Gmail POP to IMAP. They already have their mail downloaded into Entourage but IMAP will download that mail again. This could take a while depending on how much mail is in the INBOX.
Entourage will sync all messages in your INBOX if you have Live Sync enabled (see the Configure advanced IMAP settings section in my earlier post Connect Entourage . . .
Continue Reading: Create Gmail labels and make Entourage folders
