When I look at the Reminders Windows, I notice that the reminders aren’t listed chronologically.

My 6 reminders are now sorted like this:

1. 15 hours overdue
2. 4 days overdue
3. 3 days overdue
4. 5 weeks overdue
5. 7 weeks overdue
6. 4 weeks overdue

Why is it sorted like this and how can I change the sort order?

For years I’ve been using the same pst-file with Outlook and it now has grown quite big (it currently is 5.6GB).

To speed up Outlook and backup performance, I thought about splitting up my pst-file into multiple files. As data will no longer change in these pst-files, I would no longer have to include them in my daily backups.

Is there any way I could split up my pst-file into yearly archives?

Call me old but I can’t seem to keep up anymore with what exactly is meant with Outlook, Outlook.com Office, Office 365 and logging on with Outlook.com or Microsoft Accounts to Windows and Office.

What is what exactly and what do I use it for when?

We have a maximum mailbox size of 2GB and I’m currently using 700MB of it. However, when I look at my ost-file, I see that it is over 3GB in size.

What accounts for this difference and how can I make my ost-file smaller?

I’ve configured Outlook.com to collect emails from another account of mine via POP3.

While this works without issues, it really takes a long time before new emails of this POP3 account actually become available in Outlook.com.

Is there a way to configure how often Outlook.com checks for new emails for configured POP3 accounts, force a manual send/receive or anything else to increase the speed to receive new emails?

In Outlook, I’ve added an Exchange, POP3 and IMAP account and configured some rules to automatically sort my mail.

While the rules for IMAP account are managed separately, I noticed that the rules for the Exchange and POP3 are combined and therefor apply to both accounts.

This creates some interference with the processing of the rules and Exchange rejecting them.

Is there a way to separate the management of these rules just as for the IMAP account?

When I use my Outlook.com account via the browser rather than in Outlook, I seem to miss some basic features or I simply can’t seem to find them.

For instance, how can I Forward a message or use Reply All?

Also, I can’t seem to find the Printing option. I’ve tried printing with the printing feature from my browser, but that looks very ugly as it simply prints the entire screen.

Where can I find these commands?

When I use the Send To-> Mail Recipient feature in Explorer to send a file as an attachment, the email is in Plain Text and contains a warning text instead of my signature.

Is there any way to make it use the HTML format and include my signature by default?

After setting up Two-Step Verification on Outlook.com, I’ve been unable to connect Outlook with my Outlook.com account and am repeatedly being prompted for my password.

I know I am putting in the correct password as it still works when I try to log on to the website.

How can I gain access to my Outlook.com account again from Outlook without disabling the Two-Step Verification?

I have an Excel document with a list of e-mail address. I know how to import these as individual contacts but I don’t need that.

How can I import them as a new Distribution List instead?