New Outlook with multiple accounts

Question

Hi,

In the new outlook, I have 6 email accounts. They all transferred in with the transition just fine. However, there does not appear to be a way to know which email accounts have new mail in them other than clicking on each account. And to add injury to insult, when you click on an account, you get another drop down menu.

I am in windows 11 and the 365 subscription version of outlook.

I absolutely need to see at a glance which accounts have new email in them on the main account screen. When an account does have new email, I need to be able to click on that email and have the inbox open with one click and not give me another menu to click through.,

Without these features you are adding a ridiculous amount of time to what should be a two second glance to check emails.

These are not wants, they are absolute needs.

Can anyone help? Or is time to find a new app?

Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

This issue is completely maddening for someone used to having a unified inbox. Why is this so hard Microsoft!?!?!?!?

Answer 2

I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THIS SOLUTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE "NEW" OUTLOOK....I WAS FINE WITH THE OLDER VERSION, MSFT FORCED US TO SWITCH TO THE "NEW" ONLY TO FIND OUT IT IS A WATERED DOW NVERSION...I CAN'T COMBINE MY INBOXES EITEHR...NOW WHAT?....

Answer 3

Thanks Anthony, That seems to be a do-able solution.

New Outlook just feels "older" than the old outlook. So much confusion.

Answer 4

No I cannot see the parallel lines nor the little house and so I cannot see a unified inbox. And I don't want a unified inbox. I am at a standstill; this upgrade (downloaded on 5-14-24 without my permission and without notification) is TERRIBLE and I cannot find any instructions that will allow me to revert to previous version. This is costing me HOURS of work to try to get around. Need better help from someone who knows something instead of being sent down rabbit holes that have nothing to do with my problem.

Answer 5

Seems to me that MS Outlook suffers from what is now called "Dissociative identity disorder (DID)" Hopefully they will voluntarily seek proper professional treatment.