From fd60c8cf0fe39f7d85b1e740469f99593b51443e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Rekowski Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 19:31:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update mail-access.rst - issue with login name in outlook new --- source/mail-access.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/mail-access.rst b/source/mail-access.rst index c7f30d12..69d45b8c 100644 --- a/source/mail-access.rst +++ b/source/mail-access.rst @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ Apple Mail If Apple Mail complains that the Account or the SMTP server is offline, it is usually caused by the `Automatically manage connection settings `_ option. If this option is active, Apple Mail sometimes replaces the correct settings with incorrect ones, blocking access to the account. You can safely turn off the setting. +Outlook (new) +---------- + +Since 2024, the **new Outlook for Windows** that ships with new PCs doesn't support setting an account login name different from the email address. Therefore, the account name needs to match the username portion of the email address. If that is not the case for your set-up, you can download the `classic version of Outlook ` (requires a subscription to Office 365). Outlook classic supports setting a different login name. + ---- .. glossary::