Stephen1
Senior Member
- Outlook version
- Outlook 2016 64 bit
- Email Account
- Outlook.com (as MS Exchange)
Diane. I understand that with an Outlook.com account setup in Outlook 2013 using EAS the Drafts folders will not sync (it shows as “This Computer Only”).
I use Drafts a lot and I was wondering is the following is a workaround.
1) In addition to setting up example@outlook.com as EAS in Outlook 2013, I could also set up example@outlook.com as an IMAP account in Outlook 2013.
2) I assume the EAS and IMAP accounts will “mirror” each other with the exception of the Drafts folder.
3) If I want to start composing a message that I know I will want to save as a Draft, I could select New Email when in the IMAP account, and then save it in the IMAP Drafts folder. From a quick test this appeared to sync with the Outlook.com webmail Drafts folder.
4) When I eventually want to send the Draft email, I send it from the IMAP account and it would also appear as a Sent item in the EAS account.
Questions:
a) As a general matter, is it OK to run both an EAS and IMAP account for the same example@outlook.com address in Outlook 2013 simultaneously? Will they stay in sync in terms of Inbox, Sent, Deleted Items, Sub Folders?
b) Are there any problems I have not thought of with my plan as outlined above?
c) There seems to be a delay when I send an item from the IMAP account and it appearing in the Outlook.com webmail, and then syncing with the EAS account. Is that because the IMAP account has a default Send/Receive setting of 30 minutes? Is it advisable to change that to a lower figure, or just do a manual Send/Receive when required?
d) Finally an unrelated question. In testing, sometimes emails arrive in my EAS Inbox just after they are sent, whereas other times there might be a 10-15 minute delay (despite the email arriving in the Outlook.com webmail instantly). Clearly I want them to appear immediately. Any explanation/solution to this?
Many thanks. Stephen
I use Drafts a lot and I was wondering is the following is a workaround.
1) In addition to setting up example@outlook.com as EAS in Outlook 2013, I could also set up example@outlook.com as an IMAP account in Outlook 2013.
2) I assume the EAS and IMAP accounts will “mirror” each other with the exception of the Drafts folder.
3) If I want to start composing a message that I know I will want to save as a Draft, I could select New Email when in the IMAP account, and then save it in the IMAP Drafts folder. From a quick test this appeared to sync with the Outlook.com webmail Drafts folder.
4) When I eventually want to send the Draft email, I send it from the IMAP account and it would also appear as a Sent item in the EAS account.
Questions:
a) As a general matter, is it OK to run both an EAS and IMAP account for the same example@outlook.com address in Outlook 2013 simultaneously? Will they stay in sync in terms of Inbox, Sent, Deleted Items, Sub Folders?
b) Are there any problems I have not thought of with my plan as outlined above?
c) There seems to be a delay when I send an item from the IMAP account and it appearing in the Outlook.com webmail, and then syncing with the EAS account. Is that because the IMAP account has a default Send/Receive setting of 30 minutes? Is it advisable to change that to a lower figure, or just do a manual Send/Receive when required?
d) Finally an unrelated question. In testing, sometimes emails arrive in my EAS Inbox just after they are sent, whereas other times there might be a 10-15 minute delay (despite the email arriving in the Outlook.com webmail instantly). Clearly I want them to appear immediately. Any explanation/solution to this?
Many thanks. Stephen
Everything should sync up to the server. 
