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Explains Microsoft Personal Bookings (also called Bookings with Me), a personal scheduling page individuals can use to let others self-book one-on-one meetings from their Outlook calendar. Covers how it differs from the shared Microsoft Bookings, how to access it in Outlook on the web, the organizer and attendee views, and common use cases. Applies to all Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Explains how to turn on and use the Undo Send feature in Outlook on the web, New Outlook for Windows, and Outlook for Mac, and how to set up a delayed-send rule in Classic Outlook for Windows. Undo Send gives a short grace period to cancel a message after clicking Send. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Explains how to keep messages out of the Other tab in Outlook, either by turning off Focused Inbox entirely or by training Focused Inbox to always route certain messages to Focused. Also covers checking the Junk Email folder and reviewing rules that may move messages. Covers Outlook for Windows (classic and new), macOS, Outlook on the web, and Outlook for iOS and Android. Applies to anyone using a Microsoft 365 mailbox.

Instructions for sharing an Outlook mail folder, sub-calendar, or contacts folder with another person, and for opening a folder someone has shared. Sharing requires granting permission in two places: the mailbox and the individual folder. Covers Outlook for Windows, Outlook for macOS, and Outlook on the web. Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students.

Explains how to turn the Focused Inbox feature off or on in Outlook on macOS, Windows, the web, and iOS/iPadOS. The Focused Inbox splits the inbox into Focused and Other tabs, and users can change this setting themselves. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Explains what Focused Inbox is, how it sorts mail into Focused and Other, and how to reclassify messages between the two tabs. Focused Inbox learns from how a person interacts with mail and improves over time. Available in Outlook for macOS, Windows, and Outlook on the web.

Explains how to open a mailbox that has been shared with you in Outlook for macOS, Classic Outlook for Windows, New Outlook for Windows, and Outlook on the web. Also covers how to make a shared mailbox appear under your own inbox in Outlook on the web. Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students.

Explains how to add a delegate to a mailbox and assign permission levels in Outlook on the web so another person can manage email, calendar, or tasks on the owner's behalf. Includes a reference guide to each available permission level. Applies to Bowdoin faculty and staff.

Instructions for recovering deleted email, calendar events, contacts, and tasks in Outlook on the web within 30 days of deletion. Covers opening the Deleted Items folder, finding recoverable items, and restoring them. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Instructions for turning automatic replies (out of office messages) on and off in Outlook on the web. Covers setting a time period, composing the message, sending separate replies to senders outside Bowdoin, and turning the replies off. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Explains how to create an inbox rule in Outlook on the web to automatically filter incoming messages, for example by moving messages with a specific subject word to a folder. Covers opening rule settings, naming the rule, choosing conditions and actions, and saving. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Instructions for creating and formatting a personal email signature in Outlook on the web. Covers opening the signature settings, entering and styling the signature, and choosing whether it is added automatically to new messages and replies. Applies to all Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.