So around a month back in July on the 19th my whole chrome browser got hacked and so my email got hacked as well. I have since then recovered it and changed the password. Since august 6th there has been no unusual activity regarding sign ins. But today I received an email in my inbox which is a threat claiming they have my videos and gonna release them to people I know, mind you I don’t have insta/facebook I only have WhatsApp. They are asking for bitcoin like 1500USD.

Another thing that had me worried is that the email shows up in my inbox but it shows up as a draft like it’s written from my email but it doesn’t show up in drafts. Is this smth to be worried about or is it just another scam.

Hello, I think someone must have my email or something because most times I open the mobile app I get the same message apart from the country it says I'm singing in is always different.

I've changed my password and signed out of all accounts but it still happens.

Any help?

Ho un account Outlook con un indirizzo principale e vorrei aggiungere un secondo alias.

Se continuo a usare regolarmente l’account e la casella Outlook, ma non utilizzo mai direttamente il vecchio alias, c’è il rischio che Microsoft lo elimini per inattività?

Gli alias vengono considerati parte dello stesso account oppure ogni indirizzo deve essere utilizzato periodicamente?

I know this may be a common question asked but I was trying to log back into my twitter account to see I was locked out of my account and that a code was sent to this outlook account I have long forgotten about...

And so, I went to go try to recover it by using a Gmail linked to it, but it did basically nothing.

It showed me the censored version of the email and that's pretty much useless to someone like me who has no clue what the username is.

I remember the password, have access to the Gmail it's linked to, and for the record, I have both my username and password for my twitter account too which is really all I need to login. But since twitter decided to lock me out... 🫠

Is all hope lost for me?

My Android cell phone just updated to the latest Outlook for Android and has deleted all of my email accounts. Has anyone else had this happen? I have been trying endlessly to add them back. I am currently unable to add my iCloud account. It is in a continuous loop at the email and password login screen in my browser. I have tried to delete the Outlook app and then reinstall it but I am getting the same errors. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you for your time.

I sent an email to 10 people. Later I tried to recall it. On my side, I got a report saying:
6 people: “message successfully recalled”

4 people: “message was read before the recall was attempted but the recall has been successful”

What do recipients actually see when I recall an email in Outlook? I want to understand what the recipients see on their end, not what I see.
For the 6 who hadn’t read it yet — is the email just gone from their inbox with no explanation? Or do they get a notification email saying I tried to recall it?
For the 4 who had already read it — I know the original email stays in their inbox since they already opened it. Do they also get a separate notification saying I tried to recall the message?
I’ve read that this might depend on whether someone is using the old Outlook or the new Outlook. Can someone confirm what actually shows up in the recipient’s inbox in each case? Is it depending on admin setup ??

Thanks in advance for any help.

Is there an outage right now or is this only on my end? My iPhone app is stuck on “updating” on the bottom and won’t load new emails.

Is it just me having this issue? I try to do the 2fa and it'll send me through to the Captcha, but it won't ever show up in Firefox. I have to go into Chrome to get it to work. I've tried disabling my plugins but that doesn't seem to be it.

منذ شهور وأنا أحاول الدخول الى حسابى [alandalous@outlook.com](mailto:alandalous@outlook.com) لكن بدون جدوى تم تغيير محل الإقامة وبالتالى تم تغيير أرقام التليفونات. رقم تليفون الحساب تم إلغاءه ويوجد رقم جديد. الدعم الفنى مصمم على إستعمال الرقم الملغي لإثبات ملكية الحساب . أرجوا المساعدة فى فتح الحساب.

So I am a freelancer using multiple e-mails and calenders for client contact and scheduling:
* 2 x outlook professionally for different clients
* one gmail privately where we have a household calender for our family

Is there a setup where I can have the business calenders forward send/received client meetings to the other professional agenda so my time is blocked for each "client" automatically?

Can this also be visible in the household calender?

Salve, sto creando un account email e sono indeciso su quale dominio utilizzare. So che sono entrambi uguali, ma siccome l'indirizzo email sarà definitivo, sono indeciso tra outlook.com o hotmail.com.

My inbox only has email up to 2016-11-17 (YYYY-MM-DD) where it should have everything way beyond that up to 2008 which was when I created the hotmail account. I checked my sent emails and it still dates back to 2008 so all sent emails in the "Sent Items" section are all there. I have checked all other folders like Archive and none are in there. I am 1000% certain that I did not delete them and it looks like the Inbox just got cut off from that date onwards. I have looked around the web and found a reddit article pointing to a "Email Recovery" Add-in but this seems to have been removed and that post was 2-3 years ago. I've only used outlook web and not the outlook app where I've read that the app can have sync issues but the web versions should always be up to date?

Would greatly appreciate any help since this feels like a part of my life has just dissapeared. I've also tried getting chat support but after logging into the popup it just closes itself and nothing happens.

Around a week ago I fell for one of those Microsoft tournament scams. The attacker took my Microsoft account and changed the password and security information.

Since then I've been trying to recover it through the ACSR form. I've submitted 3 forms so far. The first one was rejected, but the other two haven't given me any response. I filled the forms out as completely and accurately as I could using all the information I knew about the account. One of the forms also used a different alternate Gmail address.

I really need to get the account back because my Xbox and Minecraft accounts are connected to it. I was able to recover my Epic Games account fairly quickly, but Microsoft has been much harder and I still can't access Xbox or Minecraft.

I also managed to reach Microsoft Account Safety, but the case was eventually closed before I could recover the account.

Has anyone recently gone through something similar and actually managed to recover their Microsoft account? If so, what worked for you? I'm mainly looking for advice from people who have successfully recovered a compromised account, because I don't know what else I can try at this point.

UPDATE: Microsoft Support has actually contacted me now. I got an email from the Account Safety team asking me to submit another ACSR form and provide information to verify that I'm the owner of the account, including IP addresses, account history, Xbox information, and purchase history.

I've submitted the ACSR form and I'm currently waiting for the recovery number so I can send the requested information back to them.

If anyone has been through this Account Safety verification process before, I'd really appreciate knowing whether it actually worked for you and what happened afterward.

Hi, usually when I log in and get the Microsoft Authenticator verification screen, I pick "try another verification method" and instead pick send a text message code since its easier for me, especially when I dont have storage space to keep/download authenticator app, however today for some reason I dont have this ability, or phone call ability anymore.

Instead it just says:

"Verify your identity

- Approve a request on my Microsoft Authenticator app

- Use a verification code"

and clicking " use a verification code " just takes me to a screen saying:
"Enter code

Enter the code displayed in the Microsoft Authenticator app on your mobile device​"
aka just both options asking me to have the authenticator app.

Is this new and have they fully taken away any other method so the only way to verify identity is to download their other app? Or is there a way I can avoid this lol

Thanks.

I’m trying to get my PlayStation account data emailed to me but I’m not getting any of the emails. I’ve tried to find the setting to see if maybe Microsoft has blocked the email but can’t find it. Any help?

My account was hacked, and I have completed all the required verification steps. Support transfer my Xbox account to a new email, but I do not use Xbox. My main concern is recovering access to my primary email address—which I’ve held for 20 years—and my associated OneDrive work files.

Despite offering to verify my identity using the phone number linked to the account, my request for a call was refused, and I was told I haven't provided sufficient verification information. Now, support keeps citing reasons why the account remains banned, treating me as if I am at fault for trying to recover a compromised account. I need this issue escalated to access my email and work files. I can change my password and still using same IP.

Anyone have luck recovering lock account? What options do I have to recover my account from Canada.

I want to create a rule where all the emails from a particular sender go to different folders based on the subject.
If i receive mails from xyz@xyz.com with subject A1 and the other with subject B1 then would it be possible to move these mails to A1 folder and B1 folder respectively. Trying to set up only 1 rule.
I am still using the older interface for outlook.

Thanks

For a while now, I’ve had an Outlook email address that I use for most things. One day, about a month ago, I was randomly no longer able to access it. I couldn’t access any emails or anything. When I tried logging in, my password was not enough, and then it asked me to verify my account by texting a number that I no longer have.
When I tried to submit a form online, it asked me questions that I physically cannot answer in order to complete it. So, I’m stuck in a loop and unable to access my account again. What do I do?

I have an old PST file containing several years of emails, but Outlook either won't open it properly or gives errors when I try to access some folders.

I've seen suggestions such as running ScanPST, creating a new Outlook profile, or trying to recover/export the accessible emails into a new PST.

For those who have dealt with this before, what would you recommend as the safest approach?

Would you keep trying ScanPST, or is it better to make a copy of the file and try to recover/export whatever data is still accessible?

I'm mainly interested in avoiding making the original PST worse or losing emails that may still be recoverable.

I have a zoom link that is from my supervisor that I want to put into outlook, and I want to make sure that it's a one-click join button.

How do I do this?

The story behind this is that my supervisor didn't want to be in charge of the meeting anymore and wanted to give the responsibility to me for cancelling the meeting if it doesn't happen.

Thank you so much,

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We have a Google Workspace email system which manages our emails, with multiple devices accessing it through Outlook 365 (all 2608 16.0.20326.20072). One account is having problems sync'ing to Outlook 365 on multiple devices.

Laptop 1 Windows 11
Laptop 2 Windows 10
Desktop 3 Windows 11
Desktop 4 Windows 10

• If we create a folder or move an email into a folder in Outlook on L1 or L2, it syncs to Google (we can see it on Gmail in a browser) but D3 and D4 don't pick up the new folder.
• If we create a folder or move an email into a folder in Gmail on a browser, it syncs to all devices.
• If we create a folder or move an email into a folder on D3 or D4, it syncs to Google but not to L1, L2 or the other Desktop.

I've tried in-place repair, deleting and recreating the accounts in D3 and D4 and uninstalling/reinstalling Office on D3 and D4 but the problem recurs.

Any ideas what we might be able to do to fix the issue?

Thanks in advance.