MS Outlook Mail - Flags / have a limited 'Flag' / 'follow up' menu

[Lery1]

In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail, the menu for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and b) clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow, etc.) when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these options turned off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

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[Lery1]

They show up in tasks and in OneNote, but are not there in Mail. The Refresh
option F5 is greyed out when I'm in my Inbox. Other suggestions? Anyone I
can contact?

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail, the menu
for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and b)
clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow, etc.) when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these options turned
off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm

What is available in onenote has no bearing on outlook - they are two
totally different programs.

Is this on a computer at work? if so, is there a group policy blocking them?
Do you have all the flag options in the quick flag field in the message
list?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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They show up in tasks and in OneNote, but are not there in Mail. The
Refresh
option F5 is greyed out when I'm in my Inbox. Other suggestions? Anyone
I
can contact?

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail, the menu
for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and b)
clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow, etc.)
when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these options turned
off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.

 

[Lery1]

No luck ... though I'm new to Vista and and can't find the 'run' command line
I'm accustomed to in XP, and as suggested at the URL below. I tried the
'Outlook /cleanview' command in the <start search> box found in the Start
dialogue box in Vista.

This is a work computer, but since I can get the full menu for the flags
when in the Tasks portion of Outlook (but not in the Mail portion), it seems
unlikely that there's a group policy causing this problem.

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm

What is available in onenote has no bearing on outlook - they are two
totally different programs.

Is this on a computer at work? if so, is there a group policy blocking them?
Do you have all the flag options in the quick flag field in the message
list?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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They show up in tasks and in OneNote, but are not there in Mail. The
Refresh
option F5 is greyed out when I'm in my Inbox. Other suggestions? Anyone
I
can contact?

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail, the menu
for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and b)
clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow, etc.)
when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these options turned
off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.

 

[Lery1]

Found the problem, but don't know how to correct it. In the Mail Folders,
under All Mail Items, I have 2 groups - the standard set = Personal Folders
(Deleted Items; Drafts; Inbox; Junk E-mail; etc.);

and a 2nd set grouped under the e-mail Outlook is connected - my work e-mail
- (Inbox; Junk E-mail; sent items).

I moved an e-mail from this 2nd Inbox to the first Inbox under Personal
Folders, and when in this new folder the full flag menu is accessible.

Now my question is: How do I set my e-mail up so that it uses this standard
set of folders under Personal Folders, rather than the new set of folders
created when I first set-up the Outlook link to my work e-mail?

I hope this description is understandable ... :->

No luck ... though I'm new to Vista and and can't find the 'run' command line
I'm accustomed to in XP, and as suggested at the URL below. I tried the
'Outlook /cleanview' command in the <start search> box found in the Start
dialogue box in Vista.

This is a work computer, but since I can get the full menu for the flags
when in the Tasks portion of Outlook (but not in the Mail portion), it seems
unlikely that there's a group policy causing this problem.

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm

What is available in onenote has no bearing on outlook - they are two
totally different programs.

Is this on a computer at work? if so, is there a group policy blocking them?
Do you have all the flag options in the quick flag field in the message
list?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

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They show up in tasks and in OneNote, but are not there in Mail. The
Refresh
option F5 is greyed out when I'm in my Inbox. Other suggestions? Anyone
I
can contact?

:

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail, the menu
for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and b)
clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow, etc.)
when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these options turned
off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Do you have an IMAP account? They don't support flags.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Found the problem, but don't know how to correct it. In the Mail Folders,
under All Mail Items, I have 2 groups - the standard set = Personal
Folders
(Deleted Items; Drafts; Inbox; Junk E-mail; etc.);

and a 2nd set grouped under the e-mail Outlook is connected - my work
e-mail
- (Inbox; Junk E-mail; sent items).

I moved an e-mail from this 2nd Inbox to the first Inbox under Personal
Folders, and when in this new folder the full flag menu is accessible.

Now my question is: How do I set my e-mail up so that it uses this
standard
set of folders under Personal Folders, rather than the new set of folders
created when I first set-up the Outlook link to my work e-mail?

I hope this description is understandable ... :->

No luck ... though I'm new to Vista and and can't find the 'run' command
line
I'm accustomed to in XP, and as suggested at the URL below. I tried the
'Outlook /cleanview' command in the <start search> box found in the Start
dialogue box in Vista.

This is a work computer, but since I can get the full menu for the flags
when in the Tasks portion of Outlook (but not in the Mail portion), it
seems
unlikely that there's a group policy causing this problem.

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm

What is available in onenote has no bearing on outlook - they are two
totally different programs.

Is this on a computer at work? if so, is there a group policy blocking
them?
Do you have all the flag options in the quick flag field in the message
list?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


They show up in tasks and in OneNote, but are not there in Mail. The
Refresh
option F5 is greyed out when I'm in my Inbox. Other suggestions?
Anyone
I
can contact?

:

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or
point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail, the
menu
for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and b)
clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow,
etc.)
when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these options
turned
off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.

 

[Lery1]

Yes - it's an IMAP account.

Are there any other options ... ? I'm working remotely and had the e-mail
account set to forward the e-mails to G-mail before I received the
organization's laptop with Outlook on it.

If the G-mail account was linked to Outlook, would this resolve the IMAP
server issue?

Would it introduce new or potential problems?

Thanks!

Do you have an IMAP account? They don't support flags.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Found the problem, but don't know how to correct it. In the Mail Folders,
under All Mail Items, I have 2 groups - the standard set = Personal
Folders
(Deleted Items; Drafts; Inbox; Junk E-mail; etc.);

and a 2nd set grouped under the e-mail Outlook is connected - my work
e-mail
- (Inbox; Junk E-mail; sent items).

I moved an e-mail from this 2nd Inbox to the first Inbox under Personal
Folders, and when in this new folder the full flag menu is accessible.

Now my question is: How do I set my e-mail up so that it uses this
standard
set of folders under Personal Folders, rather than the new set of folders
created when I first set-up the Outlook link to my work e-mail?

I hope this description is understandable ... :->

No luck ... though I'm new to Vista and and can't find the 'run' command
line
I'm accustomed to in XP, and as suggested at the URL below. I tried the
'Outlook /cleanview' command in the <start search> box found in the Start
dialogue box in Vista.

This is a work computer, but since I can get the full menu for the flags
when in the Tasks portion of Outlook (but not in the Mail portion), it
seems
unlikely that there's a group policy causing this problem.

:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm

What is available in onenote has no bearing on outlook - they are two
totally different programs.

Is this on a computer at work? if so, is there a group policy blocking
them?
Do you have all the flag options in the quick flag field in the message
list?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


They show up in tasks and in OneNote, but are not there in Mail. The
Refresh
option F5 is greyed out when I'm in my Inbox. Other suggestions?
Anyone
I
can contact?

:

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or
point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail, the
menu
for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and b)
clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow,
etc.)
when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these options
turned
off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

GMail, assuming you pop the mail and only use it for mail for this address,
would work. You could set it to use the smtp that goes with the imap acct so
anyone looking at headers wouldn't know you forward to gmail.

If you use gmail for personal mail too, it would work as well because
outlook will only 'see' the gmail acct - it won't know to reply to some mail
using 1 address and other mail using another address.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Yes - it's an IMAP account.

Are there any other options ... ? I'm working remotely and had the e-mail
account set to forward the e-mails to G-mail before I received the
organization's laptop with Outlook on it.

If the G-mail account was linked to Outlook, would this resolve the IMAP
server issue?

Would it introduce new or potential problems?

Thanks!

Do you have an IMAP account? They don't support flags.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Found the problem, but don't know how to correct it. In the Mail
Folders,
under All Mail Items, I have 2 groups - the standard set = Personal
Folders
(Deleted Items; Drafts; Inbox; Junk E-mail; etc.);

and a 2nd set grouped under the e-mail Outlook is connected - my work
e-mail
- (Inbox; Junk E-mail; sent items).

I moved an e-mail from this 2nd Inbox to the first Inbox under Personal
Folders, and when in this new folder the full flag menu is accessible.

Now my question is: How do I set my e-mail up so that it uses this
standard
set of folders under Personal Folders, rather than the new set of
folders
created when I first set-up the Outlook link to my work e-mail?

I hope this description is understandable ... :->

:

No luck ... though I'm new to Vista and and can't find the 'run'
command
line
I'm accustomed to in XP, and as suggested at the URL below. I tried
the
'Outlook /cleanview' command in the <start search> box found in the
Start
dialogue box in Vista.

This is a work computer, but since I can get the full menu for the
flags
when in the Tasks portion of Outlook (but not in the Mail portion), it
seems
unlikely that there's a group policy causing this problem.

:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm

What is available in onenote has no bearing on outlook - they are
two
totally different programs.

Is this on a computer at work? if so, is there a group policy
blocking
them?
Do you have all the flag options in the quick flag field in the
message
list?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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point
your
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They show up in tasks and in OneNote, but are not there in Mail.
The
Refresh
option F5 is greyed out when I'm in my Inbox. Other suggestions?
Anyone
I
can contact?

:

They should be there. Did you try resetting the view?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or
point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


In my current menu category for Options in MS Outlook 07 Mail,
the
menu
for
'follow up' / 'flags' only offers the option of a) setting, and
b)
clearing
the flag.

There are no choices for the due date showing (today, tomorrow,
etc.)
when
in Mail.

But these choices are availabe in MS OneNote. Are these
options
turned
off
in Mail? Can they be turned on?

Thx.