Workspace Email and Microsoft 365 comparison
After moving from Workspace Email to Microsoft 365, compare features to make your new email plan work best for you.
| Workspace Email | Microsoft 365 |
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Supported Email Protocols POP/IMAP |
Supported Email Protocols
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SMTP Relay Limitations Each Workspace Email mailbox includes 250 relays per day, though you can purchase up to 500 relays per day. |
SMTP Relay Limitations Microsoft 365 doesn't have SMTP relay limits. |
Back Up Email, Contacts, and Calendar Back up Workspace Email data in Outlook. |
Back Up Email, Contacts, and Calendar Back up Microsoft 365 data in Outlook. |
Email Forwarding Use Email Forwarding credits to forward email to another address. |
Email Forwarding Add forwarding on an email address or user so incoming mail is copied to a different email account. |
Forwarding to Multiple Addresses Forward incoming email to multiple addresses (250 character limit). |
Forwarding to Multiple Addresses There can only be one recipient for the email forward. For that functionality, create a distribution group instead. |
Distribution lists Email groups of contacts without having to add individual recipients. Distribution lists can only be created from contacts in a single address book. |
Distribution groups Email groups of contacts or send group calendar invites without having to add individual recipients. Distribution groups can receive mail from all users in an organization and can be set up to receive mail from external addresses. |
Forward Copies of Email Send a copy of every received email, also known as carbon copying. |
Forward Copies of Email When setting up email forwarding, select Keep a copy of forwarded messages. |
Email Aliases Workspace Email doesn't have email aliases. |
Email Aliases Create an alias to redirect email to a single inbox. |
Catch-all Email Catch-all email delivers messages for an email address that doesn't exist. |
Catch-all Email Microsoft 365 doesn't support catch-all email. |
Email Templates Use email templates for frequently used messages that don't need many changes. |
Email Templates Use the My Templates add-in to access your templates from Outlook on the web and installed Outlook for Windows or Mac. |
Allowed and Blocked Senders Block an email address or domain so its messages are filtered as spam. |
Safe and Blocked Senders Block an email address or domain so its messages are filtered as spam. To imitate Workspace Email Restricted Mode, select Only trust email from addresses in my Safe senders and domain list and Safe mailing lists. |
Spam Email Mark a message as not spam to add the sender to your Allowed List. Messages marked as spam will add the sender to the Blocked List. |
Spam Email Move unwanted messages to your Junk Email folder or move messages from the Junk Email folder to your Inbox. For future messages, block or unblock the sender. |
