I was wondering if this feature still exists in Outlook 2013.

In Outlook 2010, when using conversation view, you can see the trail lines showing the "conversation tree". Please see the first image at the following link (can't post direct link or image as my account, though should be, is not verified): office.microsoft{dot}com/en-gb/outlook-help/view-email-messages-by-conversation-HA010362041.aspx

The closest feature in Outlook 2013 is Use classic indented view in Conversation Settings but it only indents the messages.

• Edited by LD PVL Saturday, April 27, 2013 1:27 PM

Thanks for your reply.

Sad to hear. Please bring them back. The lines actually look nice visually and make the mail trails look more in order and less messy.

Cheers

• Edited by LD PVL Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:57 AM

So, what exactly is the benefit of Outlook 2013?  As far as I can tell all they've done is let me see less mail (because the fonts are gigantic now), ruin the interface (with all the color and icons gone it's harder to find things), ruin the text rendering (some parts use ClearType and some ignore it), and remove features (search from start menu, conversation threads line, etc).

I get it, now it looks like a phone, because obviously smartphone email is what we should aspire to.  A+ work.

• Edited by Mark S (SolSoft Solutions) Friday, April 10, 2015 7:31 PM

My company is just making the switch to 2013 and this is a major blow to the functionality of Outlook.

My company is just making the switch to 2013 and this is a major blow to the functionality of Outlook.

you can use the classic indented view - no lines, but replies to replies will be indented.