Follow-up Reminder Flags and Outlook

[rgm]

How do I send myself a reminder notice when I send an email? I typically
may send a request to people, but I need a note to myself to follow-up with
the request to make sure the job got done. I've done this in the past with
putting a follow-up flag on the note. The rules I have set up always puts a
message I send into my online sent folder.

But I don't get a reminder . . . My IT admin says it's a function of Outlook
that in order for flags to work, the email must be in my Inbox. Well I
suppose I could send myself a blind copy, but, I already have a copy in my
sent box. BTW, I have another rule that incoming messages automatically
transfer from my online inbox to my local .pst file I have set up.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

Ron McLeod
Cedar Park, TX

 

[Francine Otterson]

There are few things that seem to need to be addressed

Instead of using your email/inbox and rules and alerts for task and request
that need to be addressed. I would utilize Task in Outlook which allow you
to create your own task as well as assign task to others and receive
reminders and reports when the status has changed.

You can set up Rules for items that have been sent - just choose to start
from a blank rule and then choose to set rule for reminder after item is
sent then setup the criteria you want.

Lastly, if you are part of an Exchange Server I would wonder why you would
be moving your emails automatically to a personal folder. The data will no
longer be on the server and not backed-up nor would it be accessible from
OWA. If it is a space issue I would approach your Admin with that issue
before moving it.

Regards,

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

get reminder manager from slovaktech.com to fire reminders in any folder.

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