This wasn't a free feature right? It was something people were paying for with 365Whatver packages? Why would they get rid of it? Article gives little/no insight.
...so the 'why' is because of spam abuse??
Microsoft is killing custom domain names in Outlook.com
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#142I don't think Office 365 allows me to reply as the recipient of the email, unless I create a mailbox or an explicit alias. Are there applications that allow this? In other words, I have a catch-all on my domain, and I get an email on foobar@domain.com. But my login is WirelessGigabit@domain.com. On Office365 I cannot reply from foobar@domain.com unless I add it as an alias.
SimpleLogin does exactly this, the person emails foobar@domain.com, you receive that email from random-code-123@simplelogin.com, and when you reply to that out of your WirelessGigabit@domain.com inbox, SimpleLogin will send the reply back out from foobar@domain.com.
Plus it’s from the ProtonMail gang so it’s reasonably secure and private.
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#143I was really hoping Microsoft would expand this feature. I currently use a Microsoft 365 Business account for my personal email, and it feels like using a chainsaw to open a letter. One of the biggest gripes I have is the fact that a "Microsoft Account" and a Microsoft 365 account are two separate things, and you can't use a Microsoft 365 Account email for a Microsoft Account. Several Microsoft services only work wit…
> it feels like using a chainsaw to open a letter Oh yes this sums it up perfectly. I'm a MSP and most of my clients use either google or ms365 and I gotta say the microsoft solution feels so damn clunky and setting scattered around different domains and services. It feels like it's built around (sub(sub))licenses and googles solution feels like it's built for actual users
This is actually something I like. Our experiences are the same but my preferences are for Microsoft. The admin side of MS365 is far better to my tastes and use cases than Google Workspace. Not that I enjoy the game of constantly changing control panel locations, but I like where MS365 is headed generally.
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmm. Maybe there’s a learning element or a bug with custom domains? I’ve used iCloud for years and rarely see spam in my inbox.
What client do you use? I switched to iCloud and started using the Apple Mail app for its integration with Hidden Email Addresses, but the app is totally half baked with tons to weird behaviours (ex. Send an email. A week later no response, click reply on the email and now you are emailing yourself. Ok, so click Reply-all and now you need to delete yourself and move the original recipient to the To line. No one-click…
I’ve used Apple Mail on iOS and Mac exclusively for about 5-6 years. Maybe my workflow is just adapted but the only issues I’ve had were the macOS version occasionally locking up or giving inconsistent search results usually solved by restarting the app.
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Microsoft Teams Teams is just a an Electron (AKA Chrome shit-client) program. So nothing can be done, unless they want to re-write the program from scratch. I'm not saying the current situation is acceptable, its not. But when you choose Electron, you more or less doom your product to having awful performance forever.
Teams is already very close to switching off of Electron to WebView2.
Source? "Teams for Life" aka Teams Personal is different to Teams (for Business).