Email Flags

Ever receive an email that prompts you to do something, then forget about it days later when it's buried in the depths of your inbox? Microsoft Outlook has a built-in way of reminding you.

While viewing the message (you have to double-click on it in the Inbox view), click on the red flag in the toolbar. You then can specify what you need to do with the message (follow-up, etc.) and you can set a deadline for yourself. Outlook will automatically notify you when the deadline hits.

Once you complete the task, you can click on that same red flag icon later on and check off the "Completed" box. Alternately, in your inbox view, you can simply click on the red flag in the right-hand column to change it to a check mark.