 asked on Using Outlook Client in conjunction with Windows Live Hotmail
I've been using Windows Live / Hotmail / Outlook-online some, and it's pretty good. One downside is that you can't "pop out" a window like when you create a new e-mail (like you can in Outlook client and gmail).
Anyway, I then set up Outlook client (Office 2010) on my PC, and sync'd up to Personal Hotmail-Live.com\. This seems to be working.
A couple of questions
- should I expect full sync between Outlook client and Outlook online ? Â Does this include e-mail rules set up on either Outlook client or Outlook online ?
- I've tried Outlook online before and gave it a good try, but not being able to "pop-out" a window was a fatal flaw to me. That's what Outlook client does, and gmail can do this, but as far as I can tell, you can't do it in Outlook online.
Anyway, I then set up Outlook client (Office 2010) on my PC, and sync'd up to Personal Hotmail-Live.com\. This seems to be working.
A couple of questions
- should I expect full sync between Outlook client and Outlook online ? Â Does this include e-mail rules set up on either Outlook client or Outlook online ?
- I've tried Outlook online before and gave it a good try, but not being able to "pop-out" a window was a fatal flaw to me. That's what Outlook client does, and gmail can do this, but as far as I can tell, you can't do it in Outlook online.
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What about contacts ? I see Outlook-online pulled in all my Facebook contacts, I don't really want that. I want a clean contact list, that hopefully is synced to Outlook client and Hotmail.
I added my son on Outlook-client and he did show up online, but separately from his contact info that was sucked in from Facebook.
I added my son on Outlook-client and he did show up online, but separately from his contact info that was sucked in from Facebook.
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>>It will only have done this if you've previously configured facebook contact sync in your hotmail account
- ok, good to know, I'll look at the settings
>>the current version of Oulook online doesn't appear to support multiple windows in any meaningful manner.
- this just seems so basic, as that's how Outlook-client works and gmail has this feature. I tried Outlook/Hotmail for several weeks and then abandoned it for this feature alone. I'm always going back and forth between my current e-mail and other e-mails, whether at work using Outlook client or with gmail for my home e-mail.
Plus I liked all of the MS components - SkyDrive, OneNote, etc. all of which allowed me to use Word, Excel, etc. I think it's cleaner than Google docs/G-mail, but they keep getting better.
Thanks for the tips.
- ok, good to know, I'll look at the settings
>>the current version of Oulook online doesn't appear to support multiple windows in any meaningful manner.
- this just seems so basic, as that's how Outlook-client works and gmail has this feature. I tried Outlook/Hotmail for several weeks and then abandoned it for this feature alone. I'm always going back and forth between my current e-mail and other e-mails, whether at work using Outlook client or with gmail for my home e-mail.
Plus I liked all of the MS components - SkyDrive, OneNote, etc. all of which allowed me to use Word, Excel, etc. I think it's cleaner than Google docs/G-mail, but they keep getting better.
Thanks for the tips.
thanks. I did download the Hotmail Connector. The set up of my account failed a couple of times and then it finally when through when I manually configured it, but it was pretty simple. I did some basic checking on the sync'ing and it seemed ok.
that's a little rough about the rules, it would be nice for them to sync. Without that, you're maintaining two systems always.
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curious as to your perspective - in Outlook online, you can't "pop out" a window on a new e-mail, that is definitely a showstopper to me, I'm always going back to the main e-mail folder to search, etc. It seems like a normal user experience but not so in Outlook online.
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But overall, it's good to have the Outlook client option. At Home, I'm always on the desktop, but at work I would have to use the Outlook online.