You got your linked mail inbox; now how do you know which email came from which account?

[Chintan Gohel]

This was something I had asked some months ago when a lot of people were clamouring for linked mail inbox.

I've tried it out and I cannot see a way to now which email in my inbox came from which account. I can only see when I open the email but not in the email list

So how do you differentiate emails by email account? Or is that a feature that we now have to ask for and wait for a few weeks?

 

[Ekmeet Singh]

I think the point of having a all in one linked mail inbox is to see all ur mail in a single view without going in different mail box. And since linked inbox is now an option u can turn it off to know which mail is from which mail box by manually opening each and every mail box.

 

[Rasetech]

You see it in the "to" field of the opened mail. There is displayed which mail address it was sent to. The same account is used when you answer an email.

 

[M7H]

This was something I had asked some months ago when a lot of people were clamouring for linked mail inbox.

I've tried it out and I cannot see a way to now which email in my inbox came from which account. I can only see when I open the email but not in the email list

So how do you differentiate emails by email account? Or is that a feature that we now have to ask for and wait for a few weeks?

Ehhmm, in W8.1 you can not see this as well, so it's working exactly the same now.
If you want to see which mail belongs to which email account, don't combine them!.....

 

[srikanth reddy4]

In 8.1, When you open the email you can see the address of the email for which you received

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Ehhmm, in W8.1 you can not see this as well, so it's working exactly the same now.
If you want to see which mail belongs to which email account, don't combine them!.....

I don't want them linked but I was wondering for those who wanted them linked how they would differentiate without opening individual emails

 

[Ekmeet Singh]

I don't want them linked but I was wondering for those who wanted them linked how they would differentiate without opening individual emails

Well the linked mail box is mainly to see all the mail in a single list so for example if we have goot too many useless advertisement mails that we don't want to open can be selected together irrespective of which mail box and can be deleted in one go. And the point of having linked mail box is not to see different mail boxes.

 

[Thmoas De Grauw]

It's very easy, you have 3 accounts and you can assign a color to each of them. In the list view they simply add a small icon with the color of the originating inbox.

This is exactly the same with different calendars.

This is how it should be. Every consolidated view should work this way (calendar, mail, and every other list that mixes multiple accounts or categories).

But this Microsoft, UI consistency they never heard of. I think you should create a GUI and then program it. Not program and then add some gui on the go, which is exactly what Microsoft is doing wrong.

 

[elindalyne]

It's totally a matter of triage. For example, I have 4 email accounts on my phone and have a 1 - 1 - 2 setup. One of these is my personal email. It has it's own icon on the start screen. Another is my work email. This is high priority and also has it's own icon on the start screen. The last 2 accounts are for an organization I help run. At certain times of year, this is super high priority, right now it's very low.

I can quickly see which inbox has new notifications via the start screen or the lock screen and triage accordingly. The only things currently missing from the linked inbox setup are notification headers actually reading the inbox and not just saying "Outlook Mail" and further customization options for inbox icons.