Add 'Acknowledged' and 'Thanks' buttons to emails that will tell the sender you have seen their email, without having to send another.
Add 'Acknowledged' and 'Thanks' buttons to emails that will tell the sender you have seen/appreciate their email, without having to send another, thereby reducing email traffic.
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Vilius
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Please don't. Email is not a social platform. We don't need another stupid like button or smiley face.
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Jessica
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Agreed. It's a feature in the web version and would be helpful in the client.
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Anonymous
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I have a "like" in Outlook Online but not in the client version.
Please implement this great feature in the client version as well. -
Anonymous
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For people who care enough about emails to give feedback on the client, you all seem to really hate emails.
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Anonymous
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This would be great, any way to know if its in the works or not?
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Christian
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The point is to avoid additional emails that make a mess of your email box. I want to be able to hover over the email and have options such as "like" and "got it" and "favorite" that I can just click on that will not ruin everyone's day with more and more emails clogging up the email box, making it harder to find the important emails!!!!!! Please, please, please!!!!
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Julie E Sharp
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Thank you.
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Justin Brown
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To those saying "No I don't need more inane responses" or "Read Receipts do this":
1) The whole point of this suggestion is to avoid inane responses saying thanks. The acknowledgement would not be anything that appears in your inbox. Something like a column in view that shows the count of Acks and when you hover, lists the names so you can see them.
2) The VERY first thing I do whenever I set up a new Outlook instance is set Outlook to not send any read receipts from me. So, no, they do not accomplish this. -
Anonymous
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Doesn't "Read Receipts" already achieve this?
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Will R
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Would love to see a "Like" button or whatever 'unique' name you can call it for emails. Why should I have to take time to full-on reply to an email when a simple thumbs up will do? I often will not reply to emails for this very reason then have to explain to someone that their message did not require a reply. This is 2019, almost 2020.. Why is this not a feature already?
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RD
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Read receipts are annoying and should only be used sparingly. Quick steps will let you send an email that says "Thanks", which may speed up things for you but it doesn't cut down on the number of emails the other person receives. I like this idea; sender can tell a message has been received without getting another email that they have to read and file.
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Seppl
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Quick Steps can do that.
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Dicky Campbell
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Got it...… Thanks
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Justin Hansen
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I think gmail does a good job of this in their mobile app. I think it should be a little like that.
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Anonymous
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Great idea!
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[Deleted User]
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This option would be great! It would represent a great advancement in how emails are dealt with and make us more efficient.
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Heather
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This option would really cut down on the many emails that are sent just to say thanks or agree with the email.
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Anonymous
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I live in Minnesota. Have you ever heard of "Minnesota Nice" it means that after you do something for someone, they say "thanks"... even in email... that leads to many emails to sift thru to find what you need.
"Thanks"
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Anonymous
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The Quick Steps feature can do this ...
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Adam
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Read receipts are invasive, annoying, somewhat pushy, and are used by the meddlesome coworker. Maybe create an option where you can "turn off" or not accept read receipts, and the sender would be notified that you have this option turned on when they send an email with one attached. Having "Acknowledged" and/or "Thanks" buttons seems like a great option to have, since I constantly find myself writing one word emails like, "Thanks!" in reply to someone.
