Outlook 365 and imap accounts

IMAP and EAS are email [etc] retrieval methods. You don't need to forward anything to a different address because your account itself is not changed.

IMAP - allows syncing of emails
EAS - allows syncing of emails, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes [I think], …

The benefit is the increased range of items that are therefore synced across your devices.

What is a Microsoft Exchange account - Office Support
Exchange ActiveSync - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By the way, this post just about exhausts my knowledge of EAS so if you have any further questions on the topic you can expect somebody else to respond.

Denis

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Oh, I misunderstood.

If your current email server server does not offer EAS functionality then you cannot make use of EAS functionality with it.

BUT

If, as you mentioned, you dropped your current email account and started using Outlook.com*** instead then you would be able to use EAS because their server does work with EAS. So you would be able to sync emails, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes [I think], … across your devices.

*** MS has an annoying habit of reusing the word Outlook for several different things. You will get MS Office Outlook as part of Office 365 and you can set that up to use an Outlook.com account [as well as other email accounts].

You would have the complication of deciding what to do with all your old emails. The most appropriate decision will depend on where they are saved now.
- If they merely exist online then you might find the best decision to be to keep your old email address as an IMAP email setup in your Outlook 365. At least for the time being while you thought of a better idea.
- If they exist in an installed email client application [Outlook / Thunderbird / …] on your computer then there might be a method of doing a bulk importation of all your old emails.

I cannot help with transfer/importation as I've never had to do it but if you describe the situation for me then I might at least be able to help you draft a question for a new [albeit related] TenForums thread so you can get advice from those who know about these things.

Denis

If your current email service allows you to set up an auto-forward then Yes.

But perhaps that would mean you'd have to keep paying your current email provider [unless it is a free service].

Denis

asinsh said:

I was hoping that by downloading outlook 365 (as part of my new Microsoft 365 account) I would be able to turn my email account into one in which I could get access to calendar and to-do across all devices.

Your answer depends on what accounts you have and how they're setup.

Using Outlook 365 on both desktop and Android device I sync my calendars, contacts, and tasks, using a third party paid app called CompanionLink (PC side) and DejaOffice (Android side).

If this is what you're talking about and wish to do, CompanionLink is one choice. You might also take a look at this article... How to Sync Your Contacts Between All Your Devices: iPhone, Android, and the Web

What email account(s) do you have? Those providers are the ones you need to talk to.

This Microsoft article might be of interest - Can't sync calendar and contacts with my phone or tablet. Note this though where syncing of contacts and stuff is concerned...

You must have an email provider that uses Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. Most common providers like Gmail do.

Or as I noted, you could try a third party app like CompanionLink (paid) which is what I use.

I also have an Exchange account through my school, which also allows me to sync my contacts and colander to my school account but I keep my school and personal accounts separate.

At the end of the day you need to talk to your email providers to see what services they offer.

Good luck.