Outlook is poor for those still on Windows Mail, Calendar, People apps by end of year
(2024/12/03)
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Microsoft is preparing to kill off the old Windows Mail, Calendar, and People apps by the end of this month and shift users to the Outlook for Windows app.
In November, Microsoft [1]confirmed there would be no reprieve for the apps. It will be possible to export local emails, calendar events, and contacts that users have stored in Mail, Calendar, and People into the new Outlook up until December 31, 2024. After that, however, the ability to send or receive mail will be revoked.
"The new Outlook for Windows is for everyone. Now everyone with Windows gets the best of Outlook built into Windows for free," Microsoft said. AI is also on hand "to help you write impactful, clearer, mistake-free messages."
[2]
While it will continue to support "Classic" Outlook, Microsoft wants users to migrate to the new app. One user [3]complained : "I don't need a bloated mail client. Mail and Calendar apps just work. If I need a more fully featured email client, I will just use the Office 365. [B]ut the 'new' Outlook is garbage."
[4]
Mail, or Windows Mail, was a follow-up to Outlook Express, so returning to the Outlook branding just might please some even if the implementation is not to everyone's taste. The People app arrived with Windows 8, and it has a confusing co-existence with Contacts, with both sharing some functionality.
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[7]Windows 11 market share falls despite Microsoft ad blitz
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The loss of People from Windows might trigger a few memories. Microsoft ditched the original Cardfile application, which was frequently used as a contact manager before the turn of the century. Schedule+ and Outlook Express eventually took over its contact management duties.
The new Outlook is web-based rather than a native Windows application. There is a marked difference in appearance and, according to some users, slower performance.
Still, switching between the old and new experiences had always been possible. Existing users of the three apps have mere weeks to go before either accepting the new Outlook or picking an alternative, such as [9]Thunderbird or [10]Vivaldi's email client . ®
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[1] https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/outlook-for-windows-the-future-of-mail-calendar-and-people-on-windows-11-715fc27c-e0f4-4652-9174-47faa751b199
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Z0-Ni9JudNbAEDmQc2z1YQAAAAE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1gngrk3/comment/lwc3rj3
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Z0-Ni9JudNbAEDmQc2z1YQAAAAE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/18/thunderbird_128_nebula/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/09/vivaldi_mail/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/windows_11_market_share/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/04/microsoft_bing_1m_giveaway/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/18/thunderbird_128_nebula/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/09/vivaldi_mail/
[11] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
In November, Microsoft [1]confirmed there would be no reprieve for the apps. It will be possible to export local emails, calendar events, and contacts that users have stored in Mail, Calendar, and People into the new Outlook up until December 31, 2024. After that, however, the ability to send or receive mail will be revoked.
"The new Outlook for Windows is for everyone. Now everyone with Windows gets the best of Outlook built into Windows for free," Microsoft said. AI is also on hand "to help you write impactful, clearer, mistake-free messages."
[2]
While it will continue to support "Classic" Outlook, Microsoft wants users to migrate to the new app. One user [3]complained : "I don't need a bloated mail client. Mail and Calendar apps just work. If I need a more fully featured email client, I will just use the Office 365. [B]ut the 'new' Outlook is garbage."
[4]
Mail, or Windows Mail, was a follow-up to Outlook Express, so returning to the Outlook branding just might please some even if the implementation is not to everyone's taste. The People app arrived with Windows 8, and it has a confusing co-existence with Contacts, with both sharing some functionality.
[5]Thunderbird is go: 128 now out with revamped 'Nebula' UI
[6]Vivaldi email client released 7 years after first announcement
[7]Windows 11 market share falls despite Microsoft ad blitz
[8]Microsoft has reached $1M giveaway levels of desperation to attract users to Bing
The loss of People from Windows might trigger a few memories. Microsoft ditched the original Cardfile application, which was frequently used as a contact manager before the turn of the century. Schedule+ and Outlook Express eventually took over its contact management duties.
The new Outlook is web-based rather than a native Windows application. There is a marked difference in appearance and, according to some users, slower performance.
Still, switching between the old and new experiences had always been possible. Existing users of the three apps have mere weeks to go before either accepting the new Outlook or picking an alternative, such as [9]Thunderbird or [10]Vivaldi's email client . ®
Get our [11]Tech Resources
[1] https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/outlook-for-windows-the-future-of-mail-calendar-and-people-on-windows-11-715fc27c-e0f4-4652-9174-47faa751b199
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Z0-Ni9JudNbAEDmQc2z1YQAAAAE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1gngrk3/comment/lwc3rj3
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/applications&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Z0-Ni9JudNbAEDmQc2z1YQAAAAE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/18/thunderbird_128_nebula/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/09/vivaldi_mail/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/windows_11_market_share/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/04/microsoft_bing_1m_giveaway/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/18/thunderbird_128_nebula/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/09/vivaldi_mail/
[11] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Old Man Ted
It now looks like the MS/Intel market is coming to an end. All monopolies have a very finite life and their falls are usually caused by greed.
There are alternatives
AlanSh
If you only have one or two email addresses, then EMClient is probably as good as it gets for free alternatives.
Alan
Sugar not Stevia
workrabbit
Fine for a new Outlook which has bits and pieces from the Windows 95 Exchange and Schedule+ clients. But can it please be a real RibbonUX application and not some sort of pretend affair?
Missing an important detail --
iam_sysop
New Outlook proxies every single mail request through Microsoft servers.
The "old apps" did not do this.
This is why MS is forcing the change -- it's all about the data. It's all about the harvesting.
-- and of course they say "includes AI" - so that rightly tells you what's REALLY happening...
New Outlook is buggy as hell, and missing features from "Old" Outlook that are routinely used in corporate environments. While Microsoft has a schedule to migrate people, it has no roadmap to address any of the problems that need to be overcome to get there.
Very tired of getting incorrect reminders for recurring meetings, where you get a notification for a past meeting but not for the current meeting, which is at a different time. And that's just the beginning.