Return Flag for Follow-up/Reminder
With the New Outlook for Mac, you seem to have removed the functionality to right-click on an email and set a reminder/flag/due date for a mail item. Can you please return this functionality? I found it especially useful for items that I could not act on at the moment but needed to follow back up with.

33 comments
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Anonymous commented
I'm going back to the old version until you've got the new one up to date.
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Anonymous commented
Having a "check mark" when email has been completed is critical for my workflow. Please add back!
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Anonymous commented
Absolutely, but this feature only makes sense if I can then sort it in a way that the flagged messages come up on top!
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Daniel Cotter commented
Please add the ability to flag an outgoing message for follow-up if a reply is not received within some set period, say 24 hours. Very handy for keeping tabs on what other people owe you.
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Peter commented
Please also bring back when composing/sending a message.
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Tina O'Sullivan commented
Please BRING BACK the feature to set a reminders to flag on selected messages. Also, please bring back Tasks and Categories. I reverted back to the Old Outlook version to have the capability to add follow-up reminders to messages on my mac. Bad news, the reminder notifications now do not pop-up on my iPhone. I rely a lot on follow-ups and reminders and need an application that communicates (syncs) with all devices. I hope it's in works to bring back this critical feature(s).
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Ruth commented
I constantly use the "check" mark after I've flagged and completed an email task - I get loads of emails and this prevents me from opening an email several times - when it's checked I don't worry whether I took care of the task. Please return this feature. It's critical for me.
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Matt commented
And be able to group by the flag status too.
Im the same, use it as a to-action list. -
Peter Scott commented
This facility is why I choose to use Outlook instead of Mac Mail or another email client programme. Please MS - put it back into Outlook, and keep it there.
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Anonymous commented
I LOVE how clean the new outlook for Mac is but the inability to flag an email for follow with a reminder is beyond useless. I switched back.
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Rocky Offner commented
This is a critical feature for me.
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Cristiano Amancio Diniz commented
I've returned to old version just because we don't have this feature.
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Anonymous commented
Yes, please. Will not use the new version of Outlook for Mac without this functionality.
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Amy commented
Yes PLEASE! This is a mandatory function for my work. I've gone back to the original version of Outlook for that very reason. PLEASE add it in!
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Neil commented
I like the look/feel of new Outlook but the loss of a reminder date/time for flags as well as having to link to a website for notes/to-do list is nuts in addition to having issues logging into that site.
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Anonymous commented
To be honest, what were you thinking when you left this out?
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Ahmad commented
The new version is missing this feature! To Do currently takes you a webpage to follow-up on tasks. It would be great if it were built into Outlook. Also, there's no way to follow-up an email on the new version. Please bring this to the new version!
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Achim Schmitz commented
In the old look and feel of Outlook it was possible to quit the flag of an email, when you have finished a task. We all miss this function.
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Philip Brookes commented
The new Outlook for Mac seems to have lost the ability to set reminder dates and times on emails - this is one of the most compelling reasons we chose Office 365 over G-Suite. Losing the ability to flag emails with reminder date and time completely destroys the entire way a lot of people work.
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Anonymous commented
OLD outlook used to have ths feature Flag and Add Reminder on any email message