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- Microsoft Outlook 2011 For Mac Technical Support
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- Microsoft Outlook 2011 For Mac Help
- Setting up Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac Step 1: Make sure you have the latest version. Step 2: Add your mail account. Step 3: Enter your account information. Step 4: Enter a name and description. Step 5: Select Authentication-method. Step 6: Synchronize IMAP folders.
- This article describes some useful tools for Microsoft Outlook for Mac. More information Outlook Search Repair. The Outlook Search Repair tool repairs search results within Outlook. Due to some changes in macOS Mojave, this tool no longer works in 10.14 and higher. If you are on macOS Mojave (10.14), you can follow the steps below to.
- Get help with your Outlook 2016 for Mac questions, and see what others are asking.
- 2014-8-26 Microsoft has released the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.4.4 update. In addition to the application improvements that are mentioned in this article, Office for Mac 2011 is now available as a subscription offering. For more information about subscription, see Frequently Asked Questions.
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2020-3-31 The archived messages reside in the cloud, and users can access the messages by using Outlook 2016 for Mac, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010 or Outlook Web App. For more information about the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online, see Enable or disable an archive mailbox in Exchange Online. Still need help? Go to Microsoft Community.
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Original KB number: 2830042
Problem
When you try to set up Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to use the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online for Office 365, your attempt fails.
Workaround
To work around this behavior, use Outlook Web App for mail, and apply retention policies in Exchange Online. Use the following settings when you apply the retention policies:
| Tag name | Tag type | Retention age limit (days) | Retention action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal 1 year move to archive | Personal | 365 | Move to archive |
| Personal 5 year move to archive | Personal | 1825 | Move to archive |
| *Personal never move to archive | Personal | No age limit | Move to archive |
| *This tag is not enabled by default. Items that have this retention tag are either never moved or never deleted. |
For more information about retention policies in Exchange Online, see Retention tags and retention policies.
Microsoft Outlook 2011 For Mac Technical Support
Whereas Outlook for Mac 2011 doesn't support the archive feature, Outlook 2016 for Mac does support the archive feature. When you use Outlook 2016 for Mac, you can access your archive and move mail items into your archive.
More information
You can create an archive mailbox for a user's primary cloud-based mailbox. Users can use the archive mailbox (also known as a personal archive) to store historical messaging data by moving or copying messages from their primary mailbox to their archive mailbox. The archived messages reside in the cloud, and users can access the messages by using Outlook 2016 for Mac, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010 or Outlook Web App.
Microsoft Support
For more information about the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online, see Enable or disable an archive mailbox in Exchange Online.
Microsoft Outlook 2011 For Mac Help
Still need help? Go to Microsoft Community.