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New Outlook for Windows Regression: No Local IMAP/SMTP Support

5 points| samuel-freeman | 2 years ago |imgur.com

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samuel-freeman|2 years ago

Hi, I installed the New Outlook for Windows, and I learnt that there is no IMAP/SMTP connection option if the IMAP/SMTP servers are not exposed to the internet (for example, when they are available only in VPN or internally or on a local network). Outlook says that it needs to upload everything to the Microsoft Cloud in order work. That is quite a serious functionality loss compared to the old Outlook, and a bit of a privacy nightmare.

See: https://imgur.com/a/2ZrO3F1

That makes it impossible to use Outlook in my business.

I remember the New Outlook for Mac had a similar start, but then the IMAP/SMTP connection to servers which are not on the internet was added.

I know there are people here from Microsoft. Do you know if this feature will be re-added to the New Outlook for Windows before the general release? Microsoft doesn't want to give me a straight answer.

P.s. I am also interested in your opinion about this move.

andris9|2 years ago

This is the free consumer Outlook. The "real" Outlook from the Office suite still supports IMAP and does not use the cloud.