Setting follow-up preferences

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Setting follow-up preferences
You can set different preferences to mark messages that you want to follow up later or prioritize.

You can flag a mail message to indicate that the message requires you to take follow-up action. You can set the default priority flag, a default follow-up date and time, and a default alarm for flagged messages. Then, when you flag a message, you can change any of these settings for the individual message.

1. If necessary, open your mail.

2. Click More above the message list, and then click Preferences.

3. Click Follow Up.

4. For Priority, select a priority to set the default flag to display when you flag a message.

Priority options

Priority	Flag
Urgent
Normal
Low

5. (Optional) Select Set follow-up date, type a number, and select day(s), month(s), or year(s) to set a default follow-up date. To add a follow-up time, select Set follow-up time, and select a time of day.

6. (Optional) Select Set an alarm to go off, and then type a number, select Day(s), Hour(s), or Minute(s), and select Before or After to set the amount of time before or after the follow-up date or time to trigger the alarm. Then do any of the following:

To apply the default alarm settings when you use the Quick Flag feature, select Use alarm settings for Quick Flag.
To play a sound when the alarm goes off, select Play sound and select a sound to play. Click the speaker icon to test the selected sound.
To send an e-mail when the alarm goes off, select Send e-mail notification to and type the addresses of those you want to receive the notification. Click the address book icon to select names from a directory.

Tip:

You can use the

Follow Up miniview

as an alternative to alarms to keep track of follow-up actions you need to take.

7. Click OK.

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