How to Add a Shared Mailbox in New Outlook?

                                     How to Add a Shared Mailbox in New Outlook?

Summary: Shared mailboxes help multiple users or a group of people to receive or send emails from a common email ID. You can add a shared mailbox to your Outlook to manage the emails. In this guide, you will learn how to add a shared mailbox in new Outlook.  

A shared mailbox allows a team or group of people in an organization to send and receive emails from the same mailbox. Users having permissions to the shared mailbox can send as or on behalf of a common email address, like info@mycompany.com or support@mycompany.com. This helps an organization that wants to share the burden of responding to the emails related to clients/customers enquiries.

A shared mailbox has its own mail folders, such as Inbox, Draft and Sent Items, which can be used and accessed by multiple users at once. When a user replies to an email sent to the shared mailbox, it appears that the email is from the shared email address and not from that user.  

Whether it’s for customer service, team projects, or any other collective endeavor, adding a shared mailbox to your new Outlook can help ensure seamless communication and coordination among the team. Below, we will see how to add shared mailbox in new Outlook.

Process to Add a Shared Mailbox in New Outlook

When the administrator adds you as a member of the shared mailbox, it automatically appears in your Outlook’s Folder pane. If it is not, then you can follow the below stepwise process to add a shared mailbox in Outlook 365 and Outlook 2013, 2016, 2019, or 2021.

But before you begin, you’ll need the following:

  1. Administrative rights to the Outlook account or permissions from your administrator.
  2. Access to the shared mailbox. You can ask your administrator to grant permission to access the shared mailbox you want to add to your Outlook.

To add a shared mailbox in Outlook 365,

  • Launch the Outlook 365 application on your computer.
  • Then, click File > Info > Account Settings > Account Settings.
  • Click on your email account and then click Change.
  • Click More Settings.
  • Click Advanced.
  • Enter the email address of the shared mailbox and click OK.
  • Then, click Apply > OK.
  • Click Next > Done.
  • Once done, you can restart Outlook for the changes to take effect.
  • The Outlook will synchronize and download the shared mailbox.
  • To add a shared mailbox in Outlook 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021

  • Close Outlook and make sure no Outlook window is open or process is running.
  • Press Windows + R keys and type Control Panel. Then, click OK or press the Enter key. This will open the Control Panel.
  • In the Control Panel, click User Accounts > Mail and then click the ‘Email Accounts’ button.
  • Then, under the ‘Email’ tab, click New.
  • Here you need to enter the email address of the shared mailbox that want to add to your new Outlook and click Next.
  • You may see a sign-on screen where you need to enter the account username (shared mailbox) and password and then click Login.
  • After a few seconds, if everything is correct, you will see a Congratulations! message. Click Finish.
  • Now you can start Outlook to view and access the mail items of the shared mailbox. The mailbox will appear in the left pane.

Note: Remember, you can only send emails from the shared mailbox or access specific folders if the permissions are granted by your IT administrator. In case you encounter any issues or cannot see the shared mailbox or fail to send emails or receive new messages, immediately get in touch with your IT administrator or department.

Once the shared mailbox is added to your new Outlook, you can test the shared mailbox by sending a test email. Here’s how to send an email from a shared mailbox:

 

 

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