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Problem Outlook connect not working

  • August 14, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I've been struggling with an issue where Outlook keeps showing "Email connect not working – account not set up". I've gone through all the articles and troubleshooting guides I could find, but unfortunately, nothing has worked so far.

Yes, I've already repaired both Office and Outlook multiple times, but the problem persists.

Does anyone know of a solution that might not be publicly documented or shared in forums? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

 

 

8 replies

Aaron.Gleason
Automation Anywhere Team
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  • September 16, 2025

@Hakan 4015 You must be using the “old” Outlook for this to work. Microsoft removed that functionality from the “new” Outlook.


  • Author
  • September 22, 2025

@Aaron.Gleason  thank your answer.
Is there a solution for the new Outlook?


Aaron.Gleason
Automation Anywhere Team
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  • September 22, 2025

@Hakan 4015 There is not. You must use the Microsoft 365 Outlook package. Microsoft is not planning to re-enable the hooks used with “old” Outlook with the “new” Outlook.


Padmakumar
Premier Pathfinder | Tier 7
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  • September 23, 2025

Hi ​@Hakan 4015 ,

 

Why don't you try the Email Server option instead of Outlook? You can refer here for more details on this.


Shreya.Kumar
Pathfinder Community Team
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  • October 6, 2025

@Hakan 4015 have you decided which approach you want to go with yet?


  • Author
  • October 7, 2025

Hi everyone,

we are currently still using the legacy Outlook connection because we need to download a wide variety of email attachments, including .msg files. Unfortunately, we have not been able to download .msg attachments using the Microsoft 365 Outlook package.
 

Is there a known limitation regarding which attachment types can be downloaded with the Microsoft 365 Outlook package?
Or is there a workaround that would allow us to retrieve .msg attachments as well?

Thanks in advance for your help.


Aaron.Gleason
Automation Anywhere Team
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  • October 7, 2025

While it doesn’t appear easy, you can use Powershell to connect to the Exchange server and download an email as a .MSG.

https://gist.github.com/alydemah/4bcf197b4e9ec538f93c68adc3ca4709


Padmakumar
Premier Pathfinder | Tier 7
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  • Premier Pathfinder | Tier 7
  • October 8, 2025

Hi everyone,

we are currently still using the legacy Outlook connection because we need to download a wide variety of email attachments, including .msg files. Unfortunately, we have not been able to download .msg attachments using the Microsoft 365 Outlook package.
 

Is there a known limitation regarding which attachment types can be downloaded with the Microsoft 365 Outlook package?
Or is there a workaround that would allow us to retrieve .msg attachments as well?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Using a custom DLL would be a great option for this.