Sign in on Microsoft's page.
From Connections you go to Microsoft's own screen and approve read access to your mail. The request is tied to the browser that started it, and a new connection sends you a security notice by email.
Integration
Findest for Outlook, Hotmail and Microsoft 365.
Sign in with Microsoft once and Findest reads the attachments that match your rules, names them, and files them in your cloud. Microsoft tells Findest when mail arrives, so there is nothing to forward and nothing to remember.
Read-only: Microsoft's own sign-in, Mail.Read and nothing else
- Sign-in
- Microsoft's ownThe password is typed on Microsoft's page, never on ours.
- Permission
Mail.ReadRead-only: it can't send, delete or move anything.- Accounts
- Personal and workOutlook.com, Hotmail, Live and Microsoft 365.
- Disconnect
- Here, then MicrosoftMicrosoft can't revoke one app for us: we tell you where.
How it connects
One sign-in. Then Microsoft does the telling.
Microsoft tells Findest about new mail.
Findest asks Microsoft for notifications, so a message arriving is announced to Findest instead of Findest polling for it. Findest only answers that notice and starts filing.
Matches are filed, the rest is left alone.
Attachments that pass the pre-filter are read, matched against your rules and uploaded renamed. The message itself is never changed: nothing marked, moved or deleted.
Which Microsoft account
Personal or work, the same connection.
Invoices and contracts often land on a company inbox rather than a personal one, so it matters which kinds of account connect.
Outlook.com, Hotmail and Live
Personal accounts connect with the same Microsoft sign-in as any other. You don't need a separate account for Findest.
Microsoft 365 work or school
Connects the same way, with the same read-only permission. Some organizations restrict third-party apps centrally: if yours does, you'll see it at the sign-in step and your admin can allow Findest.
Why not an app password
Microsoft no longer accepts app passwords for these addresses, so the app-password route used for Gmail would simply fail. The Microsoft sign-in is the way in.
Where you start
Type your address in “Any mailbox”.
You don't have to look for an Outlook button. In Connections there is one mailbox card, and the wizard recognises Outlook, Hotmail, Live, MSN and Office 365 addresses as you type. It says so and takes you straight to Microsoft's sign-in, with your address already filled in.
Every other address, Gmail included, follows the app-password route instead. Both kinds of account appear in the same list afterwards, each with its own logo.
The Free plan includes one mailbox; Pro and Business connect as many as you need, and each rule can be limited to one of them.
Disconnecting
Findest lets go; Microsoft keeps the permission.
Pressing Disconnect in Findest deletes the connection and the stored credentials, and Findest stops reading your mail at once.
Microsoft doesn't let an app revoke its own consent, so, unlike Google and Dropbox, the permission still shows in your Microsoft account until you remove it. Findest tells you where: account.live.com/consent/Manage for personal accounts, or your organization's My Apps page for work accounts.
Everything already filed stays in your cloud, in your folders.
After it arrives
What happens to a matching attachment.
Every attachment is read
Images embedded in signatures, files under 3 KB, files over 25 MB and unsupported types are dropped first. The AI reads the rest in full, not just the filename.
How classification worksYour rules decide the folder
One call weighs the document against all your rules and the most specific wins. If none fits, it is marked No rule, with the reason in History.
See how rules workThe result lands in History
Each match is listed with its rule, its final name Type_Sender_Date and a link to where it went. A broken attachment doesn't stop the others in the same message.
The full journeyYour files and database live in London, United Kingdom (eu-west-2). Findest stores the sender, subject and date of each message so History can show what happened; the full body of mail that matches nothing isn't kept.
Does this work with a Microsoft 365 work account?
Yes. The same Microsoft sign-in connects a work or school account and a personal Outlook.com, Hotmail or Live account. Connect the inbox where your invoices and documents really arrive.
Does Findest read all of my email?
Findest has read access to the mailbox, and it only looks at new mail to find attachments that could match a rule. It can't send, delete or change anything. Sender, subject and date are logged so History can show what happened.
Can I revoke access at any time?
Yes. Disconnect in Findest and it stops reading your mail immediately. Microsoft doesn't let apps revoke their own consent, so the permission stays listed in your Microsoft account until you remove it at account.live.com/consent/Manage or your organization's My Apps page.
Will a work admin need to approve this?
Some Microsoft 365 organizations restrict third-party apps centrally. If yours does, you'll see it during sign-in; ask your admin to allow Findest, or connect a personal inbox instead.
Why does my Outlook address go to Microsoft's sign-in?
Microsoft no longer accepts app passwords for Outlook.com and Hotmail, so those addresses can't use the IMAP route. The wizard detects them and sends you to the Microsoft sign-in with your address filled in.
What if I use Gmail instead of Outlook?
Gmail connects from the same Connections page, with an app password instead of a sign-in.