One of the common questions one can find on forums and help pages regarding Microsoft Outlook revolves around issues sending emails. Not surprisingly, considering this is one of the two primary functions of the program. As a result, “can’t send emails from Outlook” ranks high on search engines. One of the potential reasons, however, comes as a surprise to many – as it doesn’t depend on Outlook itself, but rather another part of the Microsoft suite.
Outlook storage limits affect other parts of the Microsoft 365 family
One of the less-advertised parts of the Microsoft family of programs is how they intersect; you can find this in the Microsoft support pages, however, as well as in this post highlighting changes to their terms and conditions regarding Microsoft 365 and its storage.
One of these changes is with regards to how Outlook and OneDrive storage interact. In concrete terms and directly quoting Microsoft, “starting February 1, 2023, cloud storage used across Microsoft 365 apps and services will include Outlook.com attachments data and OneDrive data.” As a consequence of this, Outlook directly feeds into your allotted storage space in OneDrive via attached files.
If your OneDrive fills up, it directly impinges on Outlook – sending emails would require storing additional information and as a consequence Outlook will block the action until you have either opened up storage by deleting old files – or alternatively, purchasing additional storage space from Microsoft.
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