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Microsoft is adding mentions and likes to Outlook.com

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Tom Warren, Oct 1, 2015.

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    Microsoft is planning to make its Outlook.com email client a little more social. The software giant is introducing likes and mentions to the web service, allowing users to place a Facebook-like thumbs-up on messages or mention people during emails. Anyone in a particular email thread can see the likes, and if your message has been liked you'll receive a notification.

    Mentions sounds like a more useful feature, allowing Outlook users to specifically tag a person in an email thread to alert them. Tagged individuals will be automatically cc'd into an email thread, and receive a special flagged mail item in their inbox. It works in the same way as you'd @ tag a friend on Facebook or Twitter, and it sounds useful for alerting a colleague or...

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