It looks like the recent updates for Outlook completely broke my IMAP account in Outlook 2013.

For instance, the Inbox folder stays empty with the message “We didn't find anything to show here”. I also don’t receive any new emails.

In other folders, some e-mails can’t be moved or deleted or changes I make in Outlook do not sync to the server. Sometimes my move action is followed with the error:

"Cannot copy the items. You don't have permission to create an entry in this folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to change your permissions. "

It seems that IMAP in Outlook 2013 is only getting worse, when will it get better and how do I fix my current issues?

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I’ve recently switched to a new computer with Outlook 2016 on it. I’ve successfully configured my account and just imported my pst-file from Outlook 2007.

My emails and everything are there but the Address Book was not included.

How do I get my contacts back?

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I have a list of contacts in a csv-file which I’m trying to import into my Outlook.com mailbox configured in Outlook 2013.

However, upon trying to import the list, I get the following error:

Could not complete the operation because the service provider does not support it.

How can I get my contacts into my Outlook.com mailbox?

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I’m trying to sort my Contacts a bit more effectively but I’m a bit at a loss to determine what the best approach is.

There seem to be various options such as creating additional Contacts (sub) folders, creating Contact Groups and using Categories.

Which approach is the best or which one would you recommend?

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After reinstalling my computer and reconfiguring Outlook, my account got configured automatically as an IMAP account.

I've tried this for a while, but due to some features not being available for IMAP accounts and my small on-line mailbox, I'd much rather have it configured as a POP3 account again.

How can I convert my account from IMAP back to POP3?

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While I can export my own Contacts folder, I don’t seem to be able to export our company’s Offline Address Book or the Global Address List (GAL).

I need to import this list in another application and sometimes also use it for mailings both electronically and to their physical address which is stored in the GAL as well.

How can I export these Exchange address lists via Outlook?

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I've configured Outlook to use POP3 to connect to my Gmail account but it did not download all my emails. While it did download my latest messages, it did not download my old messages.

How can I download every message that I have in my Gmail account?

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I have my email account configured on my laptop and when I'm at home, I use my Internet connection at home via WiFi to my router. When I'm on the road, I use my wireless 3G card.

The issue is that when I use it at home, in order to send emails, I need to set the SMTP server settings to my "home provider" and when I'm on the road, I need to set it to my "3G provider". This is quite cumbersome.

Can I configure my mail account with 2 SMTP servers so that I don't have to change it all the time?

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Outlook currently checks for new emails with intervals of 30 minutes which doesn't really work for me.

I'd like to increase this frequency to every 5 minutes but I can't find out how to do it. I've check about everywhere in my Account Settings and went through many options as well.

Where can I set how often Outlook should look for new messages?

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Over a period of time, we've been receiving emails with feedback information. We've collected these messages into a separate folder. Now we want to reply to these messages with the results of the feedback and a thank you note. Considering the amount of messages, replying to each individual message isn't an option.

How can I reply to all these emails in a specific folder at once?

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