hate the new outlook that is replacing win mail. any alternative that is similar to win mail that is simple and fast to load?

Have used Classic Outlook since day 1 and it simply works for me. New Outlook does import contacts but has no Tasks function, and no way of importing my existing calendar and mail boxes - it's just not a usable alternative. No File button for the imports!

If these problems aren't solved by the April 2026 deadline, I'll simply have to stop using Outlook and start relying on Google Mail and Calendar- or take a deep breath and try moving to Thunderbird. Outlook is by far the main reason I have a MS 365 sub, with occasional use of Excel and Word. I'm thinking of moving to Google Sheets and Docs for those uses if Classic Outlook ends with no usable New Outlook in place - and dumping MS 365 altogether.

There must be a huge number of ****ed off Microsoft customers in the same position. Microsoft - please get your act together and issue a complete working New Outlook ASAP!

My thoughts same. Me too, Windows 10 is last and have been evaluating replacement for it in Linux distros.

Yes, I did try that but went round the usual customer service loop for most companies these days, fob you off with 'Look on the web site' right at the end. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I will find them lol but I am so mad!

Sorry for your loss. Surprisingly, my contacts all appear to have "carried over." You're right; they're probably buried somewhere in your devices. MS should offer some sort of assistance in this regard.

Hi

I am an Independent Advisor, trying to help other users in the Community with my experience in Microsoft products. Please note that I am a user like you and don't work directly for Microsoft.

I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing this issue and I hope that the following suggestion will work in your case.

Since the New Outlook is still under development, you can use the Classic Outlook desktop application for now.

The New Outlook is still in development by Microsoft and new features will be added over the next couple of months.

You can find all the expected dates in this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=Outlook%2CDesktop%2CWeb&searchterms=New%2COutlook

Please let me know if that helped.

Regards

Casper