Follow-up flags

[Guest]

I am trying to get follow-up flags to work with my emails
from my Sent folder. The follow-up flag option only
appears to work with items in my Inbox or those I email to
other individuals.

Can anyone confirm this?

I would like to flag my sent item email to others as a
reminder to myself in case an individual does not complete
the task which I asked him/her to complete.

I am currently using Outlook 2000.

Your help is appreciated.

 

[Dana_F]

Thanks for posting this issue!
I am having the same problem with MS Outlook 2002 running in Windows XP
Professional.
I have confirmed that follow-up flags only work with items in my Inbox, but
do NOT work with messages moved to a sub-folder of my Inbox.
If you, or anyone, finds a solution, please post it here.

Thanks, again!

 

[Dana_F]

Just found our answer; reminders are NOT designed to work with subfolders.
Oh, well.


....here's an article from MS:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;180672



OL: No Reminder for Flagged Messages



This article was previously published under Q180672



SYMPTOMS

You may not receive a reminder for flagged messages that have a past-due
date and time.



CAUSE

The message is not in your delivery Inbox. Outlook monitors only four
specific folders for reminders: Inbox, Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks.



MORE INFORMATION

Flagging a message is a quick way to either mark a message for you to follow
up or mark a message with a request for someone else. If the flag has a
reminder set, you receive a reminder at the due time.



When the recipient receives a message with a flag, a comment on the purpose
of the flag appears at the top of the message. If you set a due date and
time, this also appears. When the date and time is due, you receive a
reminder.



If you move the message to another folder, the due date and time will pass
without a reminder. If you move the past due message back into your delivery
Inbox folder, the reminder immediately opens a reminder notice.



REFERENCES

For more information about message flags, type flag messages in the Office
Assistant, click Search, and then click to view About flagging for follow
up.



The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2002

Microsoft Outlook 98