Spoke too soon. Not the old cable. The new Ethernet cable, which is a premium one (Cat 8 6 foot 40gpbs/2000mhz), didn't stay stable either: after two days the connection started to become flaky again (biggest symptoms : Outlook stopped receiving mail; couldn't access Amazon ).
In...
Even with the installation of Office 365 and with the re-installation of Windows 11, I still had the problem.
Dru2 was almost right. It was the internet connection but not FIOS. It was the Ethernet cable that was flaky. I can't understand why it worked all the time with data (downloading...
I know that. Using msn so it’s Microsoft from tip to toe.
Reinstalled windows 11
Trial of 365
Working for the last hours
Fingers crossed
Will let you know
Office and Outlook at connected to Microsoft Exchange. And it is the connection between Office and the MS server that is at issue.
If I erase the .ost file, the data reproduces itself (emails, address book,calendar) and for a time continues to update these files with new mail, for example...
since the last win 11 upgrade (22H2, I think), Outlook (from Office 2021) does not reliably send or receive email. It can't find the ms server.
i can always "refresh" the program by deleting the .ost (user, app data) file and restarting office. but it takes awhile to repopulate the entries...