Managing Your Email

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Focused Inbox

Outlook includes a feature called Focused Inbox which intelligently organizes emails into Focused or Other based on your interaction. The more you use it, the better it gets at deciding which emails are most important to you.

However, you can always turn off the Focused Inbox if you prefer to see all of your inbox in one tab.

For the Outlook web app:

  1. Click the Settings gear, then use the search box to find and select Focused Inbox.
  2. Select Don't sort messages.
  3. Click Save.

Animated image presenting the above steps in Outlook

For the Outlook mobile app:

  1. Open the Outlook mobile app.
  2. Find and select the Settings gear icon from within the side menu.
  3. Toggle the Focused Inbox switch to the off position.

Check out Microsoft's support site to learn more about Focused Inbox.

Change the Default Reply Setting from "Reply all" to "Reply"

The default reply setting for the Outlook Web App in Office 365 is "Reply All." This could cause you to inadvertently reply to all users in an email thread when your intent is to reply to a single user. Please follow the steps below to change your default setting from "Reply all" to "Reply."

  1. Login to Office 365 via office365.stonehill.edu 
  2. Choose Outlook from the app launcher in the top left corner if you are not already in the Outlook Web App.
  3. At the top of the page, select Settings Image of Settings button > View all Outlook settings.
  4. Select Mail > Compose and reply.
  5. Under Reply or Reply all, choose your default response when you reply from the reading pane

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Article ID: 77407
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