Archive for December, 2014
Understanding Basic Email Definitions
Email Account For individuals, the term “email address” and “Email Account” mean one and the same thing. A virtual location on a server managed by an Email Service Provider (ESP) for recieving and sending email. What additional information can be stored with this email account is determined by the ESP. In Outlook, the email accounts […]
Understanding Archiving, Backup and Import/Export
Many people (incorrectly) use the terms (functions of) “Import/Export”, “Backup” and “Archiving” synonmously for various purposes but mostly in reference to “Backup” or migrating their current Outlook configuration to another machine. Which process is applicable in a given scenario depends largely on what you actually want to achieve at the end of the day along […]
Understanding Outlook.com Contact Groups/Distribution Lists
A frequent misunderstood issue/question involving Outlook ‘2013 found on many forums related to Contact Groups (formerly known as Distribution Lists – DLs) goes along the lines of “Why can I no longer create Contact Groups using Outlook ‘2013?” The issue being referred to is the greyed out which only occurs when dealing with an Outlook.com […]
Understanding Outlook Profiles & Account Settings
All critical Outlook information as it pertains to email accounts and data files is stored in an Outlook profile. Any number of Outlook profiles can be created but only one can be designated as the “default” profile to be used when Outlook is opened. If your environment is such where different configurations need to be […]
Understanding Outlook Addin Problems After Upgrading
A very common type of problem description posted in the Microsoft Outlook Answer forum is one where something no longer works as expected particularly after Outlook has been upgraded. The term <upgrade> in this case also means when a newer version of Outlook has been installed on a new machine but the same versions of […]
