Email blunders can have embarrassing and even costly consequences.

To help you prevent email mistakes, Microsoft has implemented Outlook MailTips.

If you havent used MailTips before, youve come to the right place.

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In this quick guide, well show you how to use MailTips in Outlook.

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How Do You Set Up MailTips?

Keep in mind that this feature requires a Microsoft Exchange Server account.

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In other words, the feature is available only on email accounts managed by an organization.

At the same time, your IT admin can enforce specific MailTips parameters on users accounts.

MailTips are enabled by default on Outlook.

Go toMailTips, and click onMailTips options.

Select your account, and choose what actions you want to trigger MailTips alerts.

If you want to disable MailTips, tick theNever display MailTipscheckbox.

How MailTips Work

Once MailTips enabled, Outlook will display various messages while youre composing the message.

Exchange analyzes the content of the email youre writing.

Other examples of situations that could trigger MailTips include:

MailTips Limitations

Conclusion