Why I can't switch from Gmail to Outlook.com

Reebs Reebs

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I hope you're not referring to the respective web interfaces. Gmail's web interface has been in my experience the most confusing thing for my employees to grasp. So much so, we ponied up for eMclient to run as a front end to it.

Everyone can't wait until our GApps contract ages out this fall and we switch to O365/Exchange Online



I agree with you. It might be confusing for some. I'm certainly used it and can find and navigate my way around it very efficiently.
 

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Perhaps you missed my comment, but why won't categories work for you?

Maybe OP just doesn't want to admit that they might? ;) haha. But OP is definitely entitled to his opinion and his personal preference, even though I am honestly not entirely sure what he is talking about exactly...
 

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Perhaps you missed my comment, but why won't categories work for you?




question for you. I'm using categories very successfully on my suface email app. But on WP8, they don't seem to show up anywhere. I receive a lot of newsletters and categories worked great to remove them out of my way in the metro mail app... But they were still showing up in my phone making them useless.

I had to create painful sweep rules to move them to a folder I created to stop them from hitting the main view of my phone email.

Any hints on that?

Thanks in advance.
 

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I'm confused. I went to Outlook.com and tested an email. The first press of "archive" asked me what "folder", but all subsequent emails went straight to archive. What am I missing?
 

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question for you. I'm using categories very successfully on my suface email app. But on WP8, they don't seem to show up anywhere. I receive a lot of newsletters and categories worked great to remove them out of my way in the metro mail app... But they were still showing up in my phone making them useless.

I had to create painful sweep rules to move them to a folder I created to stop them from hitting the main view of my phone email.

Any hints on that?

Thanks in advance.

I definitely prefer outlook.com to gmail.com, but I just checked my WP8 and as far as I can tell categories do not show up anywhere. I am not sure exactly what you mean as far as using categories to remove newsletter emails out of your way, categories are used to highlight or find emails not to hide them except by using them with a sweep scheduled.

A folder and sweep is your best option to keep newsletters out of you main inbox, as you already have done. It shouldn't be that painful, just one rule I expect (sweep all emails in the category "newsletters" to folder X immediately).

Sorry I couldn't give you any better advice.
 

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I definitely prefer outlook.com to gmail.com, but I just checked my WP8 and as far as I can tell categories do not show up anywhere. I am not sure exactly what you mean as far as using categories to remove newsletter emails out of your way, categories are used to highlight or find emails not to hide them except by using them with a sweep scheduled.

A folder and sweep is your best option to keep newsletters out of you main inbox, as you already have done. It shouldn't be that painful, just one rule I expect (sweep all emails in the category "newsletters" to folder X immediately).

Sorry I couldn't give you any better advice.

No problem at all. Thanks for taking the time. Categories have even a much better use when used in the Metro Mail application with Windows 8.1. It actually works very nicely and by doing the same thing that you would do with Sweep/Folder but automatically. The categories will show on the left hand side as they would in Outlook.com.

To me, WP8 mail application is lacking a lot because it doesn't show these categories (unlike tags in Gmail/Android). Folders are not easily accessible because you would have to add them individually and sync them individually and go to settings to access them. I'm hoping that in WP 8.1 or soon after, the Mail app of metro will be used in WP. It would be a great improvement.

Thanks again.
 

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I moved a week ago from Gmail to Outlook.com. Just couldn't be happier!
When I flag an emailt, it will be visible and there to wait for me to follow-up. I get emails on my Windows Phone as soon as they arrive instead of possibly 15 minutes later. The interface is neat and clear. Folders are a great way to get some non important emails out of the way. Integration with Office (free) is amazing! I also noticed Outlook is faster than Gmail on my browser (Firefox and IE).

Free from Google, yeah!
 

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One huge advantage for me, of folders in Outlook, is that you can direct a specific email account to a folder. Then, you can pin that folder to the start screen so you can monitor that account, separate from your Outlook account.


You can really do that?

By pin you mean on the W8.1 start screen?
 

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So, is it just me or did he come here just to start an argument? People are trying to come up with ways to help him, and he just keeps touting how great Google is and how horrible Outlook is.
 

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You can really do that?

By pin you mean on the W8.1 start screen?

Yes you can. I use it a lot :)

So, is it just me or did he come here just to start an argument? People are trying to come up with ways to help him, and he just keeps touting how great Google is and how horrible Outlook is.

I don't understand why this is even a thread. Gmail offers a great email experience but so does outlook.com, I personally prefer outlook over gmail. The sweep function is great and I like folders :)

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Michael Alan Goff

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Yes you can. I use it a lot :)



I don't understand why this is even a thread. Gmail offers a great email experience but so does outlook.com, I personally prefer outlook over gmail. The sweep function is great and I like folders :)

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Agreed, it's all preference. I would see this being a good thread if he was willing to actually look at what people say. Instead, he comes across as a person who just wants to rile up WP users.
 

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Except my workflow on Gmail is even simpler. For those email that don't already have auto-labeling and archiving, I attach a label(s) and hit the Archive button. Why bother dragging it over onto a folder and possibly making a mistake? Think outside the box. Even better try GMail for a while and see what I mean.

Think outside the box is a very overused statement that isn't always applied correctly. I think this one of those times. In what way is using archives instead of folders "thinking outside the box"? With outlook you can right click and select Archive. It will let you select a folder to archive to. No dragging or mistake making to worry about.
 

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Microsoft refuses to admit that Google's implementation is better, so they persist in this folders nonsense.

I have used both gmail and outlook and can't tell the difference between labels and folders. It's exactly the same thing. And in outlook you also have 'categories' which are again the same thing as labels. Who cares how they're called or what you use. I find gmail interface great, and I find outlook interface great as well, both have their ups and downs, use whichever one you prefer and stop whining about it on the internet.
 

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