Windows 10 Mail client is deleting your Gmail sent items

The Windows 10 Mail app is nothing more than a "quick and dirty" way to access email that has absolutely no finesse to it whatsoever. It, much like original Edge, has never been "ready for primetime."

I must admit, though, that I have never had any issue with it with Gmail, as I set up accounts for testing purposes. I never recommend the Win10 Mail App to anyone who wants to use an e-mail client. It simply lacks so many basic features that most e-mail clients, including those put out by Microsoft as freeware, have had for decades now.
 
I personally have 7 email addresses (all Gmail and Google GSuite for Business email addresses) and the only way I access them is through the built in Windows 10 Mail app. I personally use 7-8 desktops and laptops with the Mail app and have never had any issues. A few years ago Microsoft tried serving ads through the Mail app and I almost stopped using it, but they removed that crap real fast so I never ended up switching.

Outlook (even 2019) feels like an ancient piece of crap from the 90's and EMclient or whatever it's called had an interface I didn't like. Thunderbird feels like 90's Linux, and the handful of other email clients I've tried have been buggy or were missing features.

The Windows 10 Mail app isn't perfect, but it's my favorite. I would use webmail, but switching between so many Gmail accounts becomes tiresome really fast.
 
The only thing Windows Mail does is convince users to use it for some insane reason so when I come back around and kick them into Outlook, they get 2 notifications on every incoming mail.
 
sapphirescales said:
The Windows 10 Mail app isn't perfect, but it's my favorite.
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I wouldn't go as far as that, but the Mail app has its uses. It's fast to open and operate, and notifies of new mail without even needing to open the app. Lots of my residential customers use it and for non-sophisticated users the lack of features doesn't worry them. Simple can sometimes be good.

It's useful on a secondary computer that's used occasionally. At work I use Outlook on my desk, but on my front counter PC (point of sale system) I occasionally fire up Mail. Even when used occasionally it only takes about 5 seconds to sync (ignores email older than a month unless you ask for it). I don't use it with a gmail account though.

Surely everyone here would have multiple email accounts that they need to monitor, who would want to do that using webmail?
 
fincoder said:
Surely everyone here would have multiple email accounts that they need to monitor, who would want to do that using webmail?
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Why not? I do this constantly either using multiple browsers or multiple private/incognito windows.

Of course, I never have liked an integrated inbox, even in an e-mail client, always preferring to look at one account at any given moment in time so as to avoid some of the "interesting accidents" that I've seen occur when someone was mistaken about what account they were replying from and/or who they were replying to.
 
Using my Gmail accounts with 2fa in Outlook 365 has been a PITA for me. Works fine from my home network, but as soon as I change to any other network it stays looping asking for password, confirmation from my phone, and finally says it cannot connect to IMAP. And then it starts all over again until i have to kill outlook.exe :confused: Tried to use an app password, and some other things I've googled, but nothing worked. I actually ended up removing them all together from Outlook earlier today and was thinking in alternatives. I think I'll give Windows 10 Mail a try. In Outlook for Android no problems at all.
 
britechguy said:
I do this constantly either using multiple browsers or multiple private/incognito windows
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Doesn't sound very efficient for productivity to me. Why do you prefer the juggling of browser windows over simply running one app?
britechguy said:
I never have liked an integrated inbox
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I don't usually use that either, Outlook doesn't even have that feature yet I don't think. It's optional in clients that support it.

Having one app with multiple inboxes, instant expand/collapse of folder branches, favourite folders at the top, offline email storage etc. is far more efficient and pleasant to use in my opinion.
 
AlexCa said:
New Using my Gmail accounts with 2fa in Outlook 365 has been a PITA for me.
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You need to go into your Google account and turn on support for "less secure apps" (this would be Outlook). Disabling 2fA is a good step too. Like I said, Outlook is still stuck in the 90's.

callthatgirl said:
Install Office and then use Outlook and the problems they will have in the future will keep you employed lol. I love updates!
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If I had that mentality, I would have stuck clients with IE all these years and never installed Chrome with ad blockers. I've been installing Chrome with ad blockers for clients for the past 10+ years now (way before IE was replaced by Edge). I still have plenty of clients on Outlook, but if there's any way to get them off of it, I do. It's nothing but problems and 99% of people don't need Outlook.
 
Outlook, since Outlook 2016, has met Google's requirements for "more secure app" and uses their OAUTH verification method.

I don't use 2FA on anything where choice is involved, particularly e-mail. It's gross overkill in my opinion in virtually all cases.

I agree, though, that no one needs Outlook. As far as I'm concerned, e-mail clients are an anachronism. I can set up Gmail webmail to access all of my accounts, both on Google and otherwise, if I so chose. But as I've indicated, I don't like having accounts mix in one interface if I can avoid it. Clearly, that's a personal preference. But webmail is such that it can be configured very much like a standard e-mail client, in many cases, and not being dependent on any one computer is a huge asset, in my opinion.
 
britechguy said:
not being dependent on any one computer is a huge asset
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Using an email client on a machine in no way affects your ability to use webmail when wanted. Obviously nobody is recommending the use of POP, we're talking about IMAP accounts and they sync all email folders with the server so webmail shows exactly the same stuff. Some clients like emClient will also sync contacts and calendar with gmail or exchange.

In my opinion, the popularity of webmail is a hangover from when free email services like hotmail boomed and it was tricky to configure email clients or IMAP wasn't commonly used. Plus there was a decline in email usage by people that grew up with messenger and facebook. There isn't really any need to use an email client if you only check email once a week or month, and now the mobile device notifies of email.

One more point about email clients (sorry). Smartphone mail apps are email clients... I assume you use one of those on your mobile device. Why? Because its efficient, works offline, handles multiple accounts easily, notifies of new mail, and doesn't affect the use of webmail or other email clients. The same reasons why an email client makes sense on any device.
 
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