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Inbox subfolders used to pop up reminders, not in this new contract w/O2K (nor at home in new O2003).
This is so funny that it's occurring at home and at office with 2 different
Outlook versions though both on Win2K. For years in Win98SE with O2K, the flags in inbox subfolders would always work. Same with O2K on Win2K for over a couple of years or more now at other work contracts. Now new contract with O2K on Win2K _and_, coincidentally, new O2003 on new Win2K installation at home, no subfolders are working either when for years of experience at home they did. What's so very different now, really? After years of relying on this feature and in combination with a certain set of rules I set up at each new work contract to mirror certain conditions at home, I send myself "reminder" messages back and forth several times a day to help me with work issues as well as remembering things to do at home. But now neither system is working properly so my reminder system is breaking down and it's impacting on my effectiveness. Does anyone know what would be wrong and how to fix? TIA. D |
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Inbox subfolders used to pop up reminders, not in this new contract w/O2K (nor at home in new O2003).
Reminders don't work from folders other than the default ones unless you use
an addin like this one: http://www.slovaktech.com/remindermanager.htm "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... This is so funny that it's occurring at home and at office with 2 different Outlook versions though both on Win2K. For years in Win98SE with O2K, the flags in inbox subfolders would always work. Same with O2K on Win2K for over a couple of years or more now at other work contracts. Now new contract with O2K on Win2K _and_, coincidentally, new O2003 on new Win2K installation at home, no subfolders are working either when for years of experience at home they did. What's so very different now, really? After years of relying on this feature and in combination with a certain set of rules I set up at each new work contract to mirror certain conditions at home, I send myself "reminder" messages back and forth several times a day to help me with work issues as well as remembering things to do at home. But now neither system is working properly so my reminder system is breaking down and it's impacting on my effectiveness. Does anyone know what would be wrong and how to fix? |
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Inbox subfolders used to pop up reminders, not in this new contract w/O2K (nor at home in new O2003).
Yes, so the messages in the archives tell me; yet my years of experience
otherwise would argue that fact! And without an addin. As mentioned, all subfolders in my inbox in 6 years at home have worked (O2K/Win98SE) and over 2 years with O2K/Win2K at offices have also worked. I have a very specific folder structure that I emulate in each new contract with a specific style of reminder messages that I use a hyperlink for and copy rules from place to place. But now with new contract _and_ coincidentally new OS/version of Outlook at home, no longer the case. I mean, we're talking nearly 6 years here at home! That's what I'm trying to get to the bottom of _without_ a _shareware_ add-on! _Yes_, flags _never_ worked outside the inbox. But they always did, and for years, in inbox subfolders. I'm wondering if there is something to "turn on" that I never needed to before yet that for whatever reason, needs to be done now. Thanks. ***************************** "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Reminders don't work from folders other than the default ones unless you use an addin like this one: http://www.slovaktech.com/remindermanager.htm "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... This is so funny that it's occurring at home and at office with 2 different Outlook versions though both on Win2K. For years in Win98SE with O2K, the flags in inbox subfolders would always work. Same with O2K on Win2K for over a couple of years or more now at other work contracts. Now new contract with O2K on Win2K _and_, coincidentally, new O2003 on new Win2K installation at home, no subfolders are working either when for years of experience at home they did. What's so very different now, really? After years of relying on this feature and in combination with a certain set of rules I set up at each new work contract to mirror certain conditions at home, I send myself "reminder" messages back and forth several times a day to help me with work issues as well as remembering things to do at home. But now neither system is working properly so my reminder system is breaking down and it's impacting on my effectiveness. Does anyone know what would be wrong and how to fix? |
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Inbox subfolders used to pop up reminders, not in this new contract w/O2K (nor at home in new O2003).
Unless you've had a version of Outlook that no one else has ever had
reminders in folders other than Inbox, Calendar, Tasks and Contacts will only turn red when due. The reminders will never actually fire. If you looked at the MAPI restriction used by the hidden Reminders folder you'd see that it only looks in those 4 default folders. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... Yes, so the messages in the archives tell me; yet my years of experience otherwise would argue that fact! And without an addin. As mentioned, all subfolders in my inbox in 6 years at home have worked (O2K/Win98SE) and over 2 years with O2K/Win2K at offices have also worked. I have a very specific folder structure that I emulate in each new contract with a specific style of reminder messages that I use a hyperlink for and copy rules from place to place. But now with new contract _and_ coincidentally new OS/version of Outlook at home, no longer the case. I mean, we're talking nearly 6 years here at home! That's what I'm trying to get to the bottom of _without_ a _shareware_ add-on! _Yes_, flags _never_ worked outside the inbox. But they always did, and for years, in inbox subfolders. I'm wondering if there is something to "turn on" that I never needed to before yet that for whatever reason, needs to be done now. Thanks. |
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Inbox subfolders used to pop up reminders, not in this new contract w/O2K (nor at home in new O2003).
Yes, well, despite what you all are saying, I am not a liar. I do contract
work and move around different govt depts/private sector companies so have experience with many different installations of O2K and this has worked in all the different places I've worked besides also working at home. (Granted, basically use the same default backup files.) But the very first thing I do in a new contract with Outlook is to to set up my system of inbox subfolders and to customize various rules to reflect any changes between info from one contract to another (i.e., different email addresses). In fact, in one contract last year, my job was critically dependent on those flags popping up from my subfolders as my entire job was document-tracking with a ton of email being sent to me on a daily basis for many ongoing ministerial documents. The way I ended up controlling the massive amounts of data arriving every day for each docket from various contributing officers was to move each piece of received email to a folder named for the docket #. But emails containing the most pertinent info I flagged (along with pertinent instructions in the flag message area) so that they'd pop up at the right date/time close to the due date. With this system, I was able to stop worrying about missing any deadlines or pertinent instructions while keeping all the emails for each docket together in one separate folder and _out_ of my inbox! Plus I've used for years now, esp. in last 2-3 years, system of sending myself reminders back and forth from work and home. This has allowed me to not need an electronic organizer and in fact, is a much better system than one of those would be. These reminder messages I bring up via a template that has a specific set of words at the beginning of the subject line. A rule at home/work moves these messages to a TO DO folder along with flagging the email - set at 0 days - so that the instant I log on at work or at home, these messages pop up right away and I can either action immediately or assign them a more pertinent date/time for further action yet all these reminders are not in my inbox obscuring actual messages! I'm guessing that the O2K installation here at this new work contract (Win2K, O2K) might have been affected by the new backup files from my new installation at home with new Outlook, too (no longer O2K on Win98SE at home, but O2003 on Win2K). I don't see why, otherwise, here at work. Since my backup files come from home, I think it's safe to assume that O2003 either doesn't support flags on inbox subfolders, or I have to change some sort of setting somewhere that may have been a default setting in O2K but is no longer (?). It's a real pain now when I get home or arrive here. I must now transform these emails into tasks so that I can have them popup! Wow, what a waste of time! I miss my old reliable system where the subfolder emails themselves would just pop up. Anyway, the answer lies somewhere even if no-one here might not know what it is. We power-users don't have the knowledge you guys have, but we have the practical reality of using software hours and hours a day, day-in, day-out for weeks, months and years on end. Plus in my case, I have the advantage of knowing when things truly work or not due to changing work conditions in the field since I work in so many different contracts with a wide array of different setups. That's the real test! g And that's the case here. Despite what has been said, guess what, I've been using this system for years now, and that's why it doesn't matter to me how often someone says it can't be done, because it's what I've been doing for a long time. Go figure what hitch has gotten into it now, but there we are. Thanks. Appreciate the attempts to help very much. I'll keep hunting around for the answer(s). I need my old functionality/effectiveness back re this. D ******************************************** "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... Unless you've had a version of Outlook that no one else has ever had reminders in folders other than Inbox, Calendar, Tasks and Contacts will only turn red when due. The reminders will never actually fire. If you looked at the MAPI restriction used by the hidden Reminders folder you'd see that it only looks in those 4 default folders. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... Yes, so the messages in the archives tell me; yet my years of experience otherwise would argue that fact! And without an addin. As mentioned, all subfolders in my inbox in 6 years at home have worked (O2K/Win98SE) and over 2 years with O2K/Win2K at offices have also worked. I have a very specific folder structure that I emulate in each new contract with a specific style of reminder messages that I use a hyperlink for and copy rules from place to place. But now with new contract _and_ coincidentally new OS/version of Outlook at home, no longer the case. I mean, we're talking nearly 6 years here at home! That's what I'm trying to get to the bottom of _without_ a _shareware_ add-on! _Yes_, flags _never_ worked outside the inbox. But they always did, and for years, in inbox subfolders. I'm wondering if there is something to "turn on" that I never needed to before yet that for whatever reason, needs to be done now. Thanks. |
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Inbox subfolders used to pop up reminders, not in this new contract w/O2K (nor at home in new O2003).
I never said you were a liar. All I'm saying is you've seen a feature in
Outlook that no MVP or member of the Outlook team ever saw. If the feature was there I wouldn't be selling my reminder addins. So since I've never seen that feature I can't help you. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "StargateFanFromWork" wrote in message ... Yes, well, despite what you all are saying, I am not a liar. I do contract work and move around different govt depts/private sector companies so have experience with many different installations of O2K and this has worked in all the different places I've worked besides also working at home. (Granted, basically use the same default backup files.) But the very first thing I do in a new contract with Outlook is to to set up my system of inbox subfolders and to customize various rules to reflect any changes between info from one contract to another (i.e., different email addresses). In fact, in one contract last year, my job was critically dependent on those flags popping up from my subfolders as my entire job was document-tracking with a ton of email being sent to me on a daily basis for many ongoing ministerial documents. The way I ended up controlling the massive amounts of data arriving every day for each docket from various contributing officers was to move each piece of received email to a folder named for the docket #. But emails containing the most pertinent info I flagged (along with pertinent instructions in the flag message area) so that they'd pop up at the right date/time close to the due date. With this system, I was able to stop worrying about missing any deadlines or pertinent instructions while keeping all the emails for each docket together in one separate folder and _out_ of my inbox! Plus I've used for years now, esp. in last 2-3 years, system of sending myself reminders back and forth from work and home. This has allowed me to not need an electronic organizer and in fact, is a much better system than one of those would be. These reminder messages I bring up via a template that has a specific set of words at the beginning of the subject line. A rule at home/work moves these messages to a TO DO folder along with flagging the email - set at 0 days - so that the instant I log on at work or at home, these messages pop up right away and I can either action immediately or assign them a more pertinent date/time for further action yet all these reminders are not in my inbox obscuring actual messages! I'm guessing that the O2K installation here at this new work contract (Win2K, O2K) might have been affected by the new backup files from my new installation at home with new Outlook, too (no longer O2K on Win98SE at home, but O2003 on Win2K). I don't see why, otherwise, here at work. Since my backup files come from home, I think it's safe to assume that O2003 either doesn't support flags on inbox subfolders, or I have to change some sort of setting somewhere that may have been a default setting in O2K but is no longer (?). It's a real pain now when I get home or arrive here. I must now transform these emails into tasks so that I can have them popup! Wow, what a waste of time! I miss my old reliable system where the subfolder emails themselves would just pop up. Anyway, the answer lies somewhere even if no-one here might not know what it is. We power-users don't have the knowledge you guys have, but we have the practical reality of using software hours and hours a day, day-in, day-out for weeks, months and years on end. Plus in my case, I have the advantage of knowing when things truly work or not due to changing work conditions in the field since I work in so many different contracts with a wide array of different setups. That's the real test! g And that's the case here. Despite what has been said, guess what, I've been using this system for years now, and that's why it doesn't matter to me how often someone says it can't be done, because it's what I've been doing for a long time. Go figure what hitch has gotten into it now, but there we are. Thanks. Appreciate the attempts to help very much. I'll keep hunting around for the answer(s). I need my old functionality/effectiveness back re this. D |
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