How do I backup Outlook Data?

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I'm using an IMAP account with Outlook so that I can keep my mail synched with my laptop and also access my mailbox via the web. This works great, but my Sent Items are still stored locally and thus do not sync.

Is it possible to also save my Sent Items to the Sent Items folder on the IMAP server instead of just locally in Outlook?

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Do you want to conveniently manage all your mail you've received today even when you have rules configured which scatter them across different folders?

This is my personal favorite Search Folder.

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The Junk button in Outlook allows you to move a spam message to the Junk E-mail folder but this also adds the sender to the Blocked Senders list.

To prevent cluttering the Blocked Senders list with fake addresses or addresses which are only used once, I’d like to move the message to the Junk E-mail folder without adding the address to the Blocked Senders list.

I don’t really like using drag & drop to move the message, because I have quite a large folder list (which often requires scrolling) and a bit of an unsteady hand.

Is there any way to add this pure “Junk” command to Outlook?

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Now that I know how to insert emoji into Outlook, a few things are still a bit unclear to me;

• How do I change the skin tone of an emoji?
• How do I change the gender of an emoji?
• How do I insert the profession emoji?

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When I access my Exchange mailbox in the browser via Outlook Web App (OWA), I get the following question at the bottom:

Do you want to allow outlook.com to use additional storage on your computer?

Here I have the option to choose between “Yes” and “Not for this site”.

What is triggering this question and what does it want to store?

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I have access to a mailbox of our company which is only intended to receive feedback from external customers and not for internal usage. The mailbox was therefore hidden from the Global Address List.

I also have Send As permissions for this mailbox as I need to reply to these incoming emails but not with the From name of my own mailbox.

However, each time that I try to send out on behalf of this mailbox, I get an undeliverable message stating that I don't have permission to do so, even though I do!

How can I send out emails on behalf of this hidden mailbox?

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I've created a couple Quick Part text templates in Outlook which I use to quickly answer some common questions.

As I have spent quite some time creating them, I'd hate to lose them either when something goes wrong or when I get a new computer.

How can I make a backup of these Quick Parts?

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I deleted an email by mistake so I went into my Deleted Items folder trying to get it back. There were so many emails in there that it was really hard finding my message back.

Is it possible to sort my Deleted Items folder by when the message was deleted so that my most recently deleted message is always at the top?

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I'm using the Rules and Alerts function extensively and I must have over a 100 rules by now to sort my incoming and outgoing emails.

For that amount of rules, the Rules Manager/Editor really is too small and cumbersome to use. For instance, there is no easy way to search or filter them and sorting/positioning them takes forever with pressing the Move Up/Move Down buttons repeatedly.

Am I pushing the limits of Outlook here? How many rules would you recommend and which alternatives do I have?

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