I am a user of Thunderbird which has this great feature equivalent to
Outlook's "Search Folders". But with Thunderbird I could create a search
folder that finds all email messages that I have not replied to or have not
forwarded. I get so many emails, and this search folder helps me to find
emails that I simply have not acted upon, so I don't forget to get back to
the person. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook because when
configuring a search folder, I see no mail fields which contain a status of
whether or not a message is replied to or forwarded. Obviously, Outlook
knows this internally because it knows enough to change the icon when you
reply or forward a message. Why can't I search on this field? Flagging
emails for follow up btw is not an option. It would be too time consuming
for me to do that. I just want it to find emails I didn't reply to. Any
help?

Most of us use flags to mark items we need to review later since we don't
reply to everything. Many of us also never mark messages read unless we open
them (turn off the mark as read in the preview pane options.)

If you need to search for items not replied to/forwarded, you can use the
replied to cfg here: http://www.slipstick.com/exs/customfields.htm then
create a search folder or advanced find on the last verb field is empty.


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"Jason R. Senior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am a user of Thunderbird which has this great feature equivalent to
> Outlook's "Search Folders". But with Thunderbird I could create a search
> folder that finds all email messages that I have not replied to or have
> not
> forwarded. I get so many emails, and this search folder helps me to find
> emails that I simply have not acted upon, so I don't forget to get back to
> the person. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook because when
> configuring a search folder, I see no mail fields which contain a status
> of
> whether or not a message is replied to or forwarded. Obviously, Outlook
> knows this internally because it knows enough to change the icon when you
> reply or forward a message. Why can't I search on this field? Flagging
> emails for follow up btw is not an option. It would be too time consuming
> for me to do that. I just want it to find emails I didn't reply to. Any
> help?

Ok, I did what you said, and it seems to work! Thanks. I hope future
versions of Outlook make this a little more friendly because finding things
you haven't replied to isn't exactly that uncommon.

Thanks again.
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Most of us use flags to mark items we need to review later since we don't
> reply to everything. Many of us also never mark messages read unless we open
> them (turn off the mark as read in the preview pane options.)
>
> If you need to search for items not replied to/forwarded, you can use the
> replied to cfg here: http://www.slipstick.com/exs/customfields.htm then
> create a search folder or advanced find on the last verb field is empty.
>
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>
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>
>
> "Jason R. Senior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BADED10C-D5FB-48E0-AE94-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am a user of Thunderbird which has this great feature equivalent to
> > Outlook's "Search Folders". But with Thunderbird I could create a search
> > folder that finds all email messages that I have not replied to or have
> > not
> > forwarded. I get so many emails, and this search folder helps me to find
> > emails that I simply have not acted upon, so I don't forget to get back to
> > the person. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook because when
> > configuring a search folder, I see no mail fields which contain a status
> > of
> > whether or not a message is replied to or forwarded. Obviously, Outlook
> > knows this internally because it knows enough to change the icon when you
> > reply or forward a message. Why can't I search on this field? Flagging
> > emails for follow up btw is not an option. It would be too time consuming
> > for me to do that. I just want it to find emails I didn't reply to. Any
> > help?
>
>

if working in just one folder, sort by the icon column to group unreplied to
items together.

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"Jason R. Senior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Ok, I did what you said, and it seems to work! Thanks. I hope future
> versions of Outlook make this a little more friendly because finding
> things
> you haven't replied to isn't exactly that uncommon.
>
> Thanks again.
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Most of us use flags to mark items we need to review later since we don't
>> reply to everything. Many of us also never mark messages read unless we
>> open
>> them (turn off the mark as read in the preview pane options.)
>>
>> If you need to search for items not replied to/forwarded, you can use the
>> replied to cfg here: http://www.slipstick.com/exs/customfields.htm then
>> create a search folder or advanced find on the last verb field is empty.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>>
>> Outlook Tips by email:
>> dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
>> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> You can access this newsgroup by visiting
>> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
>> your
>> newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
>>
>>
>> "Jason R. Senior" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message
>> news:BADED10C-D5FB-48E0-AE94-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I am a user of Thunderbird which has this great feature equivalent to
>> > Outlook's "Search Folders". But with Thunderbird I could create a
>> > search
>> > folder that finds all email messages that I have not replied to or have
>> > not
>> > forwarded. I get so many emails, and this search folder helps me to
>> > find
>> > emails that I simply have not acted upon, so I don't forget to get back
>> > to
>> > the person. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook because when
>> > configuring a search folder, I see no mail fields which contain a
>> > status
>> > of
>> > whether or not a message is replied to or forwarded. Obviously,
>> > Outlook
>> > knows this internally because it knows enough to change the icon when
>> > you
>> > reply or forward a message. Why can't I search on this field?
>> > Flagging
>> > emails for follow up btw is not an option. It would be too time
>> > consuming
>> > for me to do that. I just want it to find emails I didn't reply to.
>> > Any
>> > help?
>>
>>