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Pinned Article Explore the Many Ways to Get Your Outlook Email

[Students, Faculty and Staff] Review the various ways to get your TU Outlook email from both on and off campus, including the Outlook desktop, web and mobile apps.

Pinned Article Turning Off Conversation View (Video)

[Students, Faculty & Staff] This tutorial video demonstrates how to disable conversation view in Outlook for Web.

Adding Maildrop on Mac

[Faculty] In this video, we're going to go over how to request an animal drop to Outlook 2016 on your Mac.

E-mail Attachment Types Blocked by Towson University Mail Servers

The article provides information on various email attachment types blocked by Towson University.

Install and Explore the Outlook App for Android

[Student, Faculty and Staff]Microsoft provides a standalone Outlook app for managing TU email, calendars, contacts and tasks on your Android devices. This app is the only supported method for accessing TU email services on Android phones and tablets. Learn how to get the Outlook App on your Android device and familiarize yourself with its basic operations.

New Outlook for Windows and Mac

Microsoft is migrating to a new Outlook client. This article has some links with more details and instructions to enable and disable the new Outlook.

Request and Add a Shared Mailbox (Maildrop)

[Students, Faculty and Staff] A Shared Mailbox (once known as a "maildrop") is a group mailbox assigned to a department or organization within the university. Shared mailboxes allow one or more owners to send email messages from the mailbox's email address (e.g., blackboard@towson.edu) rather than from their personal email address.

Set Up Outlook and Other Microsoft 365 Apps on Your Mobile Device

[Students, Faculty and Staff] Set up Outlook and other Microsoft 365 apps --- such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote --- on your iOS or Android mobile device.

Set Up the Microsoft Outlook App on Your Mac

[Students, Faculty and Students] Learn how to set up Outlook desktop software on your Mac.

Temporary Access to Other Exchange Mailboxes

[Students, Faculty and Staff] There may be situations where an individual needs to be granted temporary access to another individual's Exchange (Outlook) mailbox.

Use Common Mail Apps with TU Outlook Email

[Students] Email apps that will work with TU Outlook Email

Use the Report Phish Button in Outlook

[Faculty and Staff] To make it easy for the university community to report potential phishing attempts, a Report Phishing add-in is available in Outlook. This button lets you quickly delete and forward a suspected email to the Office of Technology Services (OTS).

Using Outlook Web App (OWA) with Maildrops and Shared Mailboxes

Outlook Web App (http://outlook.towson.edu) can be used to open a maildrop (group mailbox) or another person's shared mailbox or folder (like a calendar). If you are looking for general directions on requesting or using a maildrop, please see Knowledge Base 140805: Requesting and Using a Maildrop. When Outlook is available, it's still preferred to use Outlook to open the maildrop -- the linked article contains instructions.