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Microsoft won't really let you block new Outlook on Windows 10 (auto-install) (www.windowslatest.com)

submitted 1 month ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/windows@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Rentlar 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't really care that much that it is on there but do not log into new outlook with your IMAP/POP accounts. Your plaintext password will be stored in the Microsoft cloud

Use Thunderbird or any other desktop mail client or just login via web.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a third-party email program with functioning gesture support. Trying to switch to Linux before Windows 10 is deprecated myself, but since my grandma uses a Surface Pro in tablet mode, I opted to just install an older version of the Mail and Calendar program on Windows to remove the redirect-to-outlook component, with Microsoft Store auto-updates disabled.

[–] _ed@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

One of the reasons I'm not interested in win 11 is MS pulling crap like this e.g. removing a local PC service and moving it into the cloud where you have to confirm letting them store the mail on their mail servers, and its not optional.