> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Outlook email

> Search your Outlook mailbox, prepare drafts, and organize messages.

Connect Outlook email to find messages, prepare replies, and use email alongside your other Canvas sources.

## What the agent can do

**Read**

* Search mail and browse folders.
* Read messages and retrieve attachments through available email tools.
* Find contacts.

**Act**

* Create drafts and draft replies.
* Send a message to your own connected inbox with the built-in self-mail action.
* Move messages between folders and apply or remove categories.
* Create and update contacts.

## Browse and drop

Browse folders and messages in the Connectors rail, then drop relevant email onto a Canvas.

## Connect

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the connector">
    Open **Settings → Connectors** and choose **Outlook email** from the available catalog.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authorize">
    Click **Connect**. Choose Outlook email and sign in with the Microsoft account whose mailbox you want to use.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the connection">
    Confirm that it appears under **Connected**, then ask the agent to retrieve one item you can verify.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Things to try

* *"Find the email from legal about the DPA."*
* *"Draft a reply confirming the Thursday slot."*
* *"Move these reviewed messages into the project folder."*

For outbound mail, ask for a draft when you want to review wording and recipients in Outlook. Other outbound tools depend on the agent configuration; creating a draft doesn't send it.

See [Connector access and troubleshooting](/product/connectors/overview) if an item or action is unavailable.