In New Outlook - how do I know whether I'm replying to latest email in the thread

Vajrapu, Saikiran 0

Joan Hua-MSFT 1,815 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-07-31T01:20:35.85+00:00

Just wanted to check if the answer shared below helped. If it helped, then would you please "Accept the answer" as it would be helpful to others in the community as well. Warm thanks.
Andrew Obaseki 0 Reputation points

2024-09-09T20:48:35.63+00:00

This did not help from my perspective. I am in agreeance with Janell

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JanellMoore-6977 5 Reputation points

2024-08-28T15:16:39.7633333+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions. However, the "this is not the latest email in the thread" notification at the top of an open email was a pretty critical feature of the previous version Outlook that the latest O365 Outlook does not seem to have. Unfortunately, having to change the way I organize/view all of my email to Conversation View in order to ferret out this information is a pretty clunky design solution. I have been resorting to search the entire inbox my emails with the exact subject line, which is not an ideal solution, either.
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Andrew Obaseki 0 Reputation points

2024-09-09T20:47:44.4866667+00:00

I would agree. not having this notification any longer is a really poor user experience. having o change our outlook view or search through the inbox to know if you are replying to the latest.
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Barath Senthil Raja 80 Reputation points

2024-07-18T14:54:20.8233333+00:00
In the New Outlook, you can ensure you’re replying to the latest email in a thread by following these steps:

Check the Conversation View: Make sure your emails are grouped by conversation. This way, the latest email will appear at the top or bottom of the thread, depending on your settings.

Look for Notifications: Outlook typically displays a notification if you’re not replying to the latest message in the conversation. It might say something like, “You are not responding to the latest message in this conversation” and give you the option to open the latest message 1.

Expand the Thread: Click on the conversation to expand it and see all the emails in the thread. This helps you identify the most recent email.

Check the Timestamp: Verify the date and time of the email you’re replying to, ensuring it’s the most recent one.
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Joan Hua-MSFT 1,815 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-07-19T01:39:30.5266667+00:00

Hi @Vajrapu, Saikiran

Welcome to our forum！

Agree with Barath Senthil Raja, if the answer is helpful, please click on ACCEPT ANSWER as it could help other members of the Microsoft Q&A community who have similar questions and are looking for solutions. Warm thanks!

Joan Hua-MSFT 1,815 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-07-22T01:18:28.4033333+00:00

Just checking in to see if above information was helpful. If it is useful, would you mind marking the helpful post as an answer? Which would benefit others who also has similar issues in forum. Warm thanks.

Shabir Shamsudhien 15 Reputation points

2024-08-15T11:52:17.01+00:00

But in the new Outlook, it does not display the notification if we are replying to an old conversation.

Kate De Bellis 0 Reputation points

2024-09-12T17:27:14.04+00:00

Agree with Shabir, the new Outlook does not give this notification like the old Outlook did. There should be a way regardless of whether you are using Conversation view or not (it shouldn't be relevant in this case) to know whether there is a more recent message in the thread.

Bob Baker 0 Reputation points

2024-09-19T14:52:26.4366667+00:00

I'll just say it. Conversation view isn't the greatest. It can be very confusing from time to time. The feature shows when you are not responding to the most recent email in the chain and that is helpful. It would almost say it is necessary.
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