All very strange and rather annoying when I'm working off this machine (which is when I tend to be on the road).You can sync your Outlook data with mobile devices and with other applications. I'll delete a message or move it, but when I log back onto my normal PC or my Webmail the message is still in the inbox. Mine syncs OK but not all updates sync back. If I set up the same account on the same Mac with Outlook 2011, it works just fine. I think it's a bug need to fix.!! I think it is definitely a bug. I have MacBook Air (so only wireless settings). Auto discovery not working at all to configure Exchange 2010 SP3. Even same issue, but with me, even the first sync does not happen with mannual setting in outlook 2016. Same issues whether I'm remote (on or off VPN), or on premises on internal LAN OSX 10.11.1 Outlook 2016 (15.15 - 151008) Thanks in advance for your assistance ~Chris.

Remote Connectivity Analyzer with autodiscover check on my account succeeds with warnings. After launching Outlook for Mac and/or after clicking the 'Send & Receive' button, it says it is syncing then says 'All folders are up to date'. Deleting and re-adding the account in Outlook for Mac doesn't seem to help, nor does reinstalling. If I set this account up on the same Mac in a VM using Office 2016 for Windows, it works just fine. You can convert an IMAP account to a POP3 account, but you'll lose the in-the-cloud syncing capabilities. Outlook versions 2010 through 2016 will (usually) force you into the IMAP camp. To set the root folder path for your IMAP account. Solution: Check if the path to your Inbox is set in your Outlook 2016 settings.

Symptoms: Outlook 2016 is only pulling emails from subfolders. Strangely, my Online Archive DOES sync, and folders under the Inbox also sync. Hey Steve, I have similar issues with a similar environment: Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 10 (Not Hybrid) Outlook 2016 for Mac either doesn't sync or stops syncing the Inbox.

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