Start Outlook 2011 for Mac. Go to Outlook Preferences in the menu bar.; Under Personal settings, click Accounts.; Select Other email as the account type.; Now enter your email address and the corresponding password.As soon as you have entered both, more input fields will be displayed. Enter your user name (the full email address), select an account type (IMAP is recommended), enter the. Set up Exchange account access using Outlook for Mac. If you have Outlook for Mac, you can use it to access your Exchange account. See Add an email account to Outlook for instructions. Set up Exchange account access using Mac OS X 10.10 or later. If you're running Mac OS X version 10.10 or later, follow these steps to set up an Exchange email.
Outlook for Mac 2011 caches your mail items in an identity in your home folder at the following location: /Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Make sure that you have the latest version of Outlook for Mac 2011. After launching Outlook, click on Help in the top menu, and then click on Check for Updates. The application will now tell you if there are any updates. Follow the instructions you get on the screen to install the updates. The best Mac email app for productivity: Outlook. It should come as no surprise that Outlook takes the crown for productivity. Microsoft’s stalwart email app has long been a favorite of business.
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We do not recommend that you change the default location of your Profile folder for Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac, or your Identity folder for Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to an external hard disk or to a network. Additionally, using a mail identity or profile that is located on an external hard disk or on a network is not supported in either version of Outlook for Mac.
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Outlook 2016 for Mac caches your mail items in a profile in your home folder at the following location:
~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles
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Outlook for Mac 2011 caches your mail items in an identity in your home folder at the following location:
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~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities
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Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an external hard disk or a network is not supported.