OL2003 no longer pops up reminder for flagged items

[CJSnet]

When I first installed Office 2003, I loved the new feature whereby setting
a flag for an e-mail or contact and adding a reminder would result in the
Reminders window popping up at the selected date/time, with a direct link to
the e-mail or contact.

However, these seems to have stopped functioning for me and I don't know
why. All that happens now at the selected date/time is the e-mail or
contact goes red. Perhaps it is embarrassed that the feature is not working
properly any more.

Can someone please advise how to fix this, as I missed an important reminder
that I was relying on already.
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Thanks.

CJSnet

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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Are the flagged items in the default folders (Inbox, Calendar, Contacts,
Tasks) or in subfolders? Reminders only fire from those four default
folders...

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[CJSnet]

They are indeed in subfolders.

Why on earth doesn't it work from all folders? There's no warning or
explanation given for this.

Is there a way to make them work from other folders?
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CJSnet

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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

I don't know why it doesn't work from subfolders; that's just the way it was
designed. Usually if you try to set a reminder on an item in a subfolder
you will get a warning dialog that says the reminder won't fire because the
item is not in the default folder, but I guess it doesn't do this when you
set the reminder on a flag instead of on the item itself.

www.slovaktech.com offers two 3rd party addins that will get reminders to
work from subfolders...take a look and see which one is right for you.

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[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

The reminders mechanism was designed to only work from a limited set of
folders due to possible performance problems mainly with Exchange server.
Working in online mode the Reminders folder is a MAPI search folder that has
MAPI Restrictions on it and those restrictions are maintained by the server
for the mailbox for a usual period of 8 days after each use. If more folders
were permitted to be placed in the Reminders folder restriction that would
increase the server load. So the restriction is maintained even now.

That warning dialog is hard coded into Outlook but it only appears for
calendar and task items, not for flags with reminders for email and/or
contact items.

 

[CJSnet]

Thanks!
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[CJSnet]

Hmm, do you know of any alternatives? Unfortunately that program completely
takes over reminder management and replaces the default Outlook reminders
window with its own unsightlier version
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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Thanks Ken, that was helpful

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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you look at Extended Reminders as well as Reminder Manager? I don't
know of any alternatives to those two programs offhand, but there's always
Google to help you search

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Hmm, do you know of any alternatives? Unfortunately that program
completely takes over reminder management and replaces the default
Outlook reminders window with its own unsightlier version

Thanks!
--
Thanks.

CJSnet

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I don't know why it doesn't work from subfolders; that's just the
way it was designed. Usually if you try to set a reminder on an
item in a subfolder you will get a warning dialog that says the
reminder won't fire because the item is not in the default folder,
but I guess it doesn't do this when you set the reminder on a flag
instead of on the item itself.

www.slovaktech.com offers two 3rd party addins that will get
reminders to work from subfolders...take a look and see which one
is right for you.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread.
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In CJSnet wrote:

They are indeed in subfolders.

Why on earth doesn't it work from all folders? There's no warning
or explanation given for this.

Is there a way to make them work from other folders?

"Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]>
wrote in message Are the flagged items in the default folders (Inbox, Calendar,
Contacts, Tasks) or in subfolders? Reminders only fire from those
four default folders...

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message
thread. ***


In CJSnet wrote:

When I first installed Office 2003, I loved the new feature
whereby setting a flag for an e-mail or contact and adding a
reminder would result in the Reminders window popping up at the
selected date/time, with a direct link to the e-mail or contact.

However, these seems to have stopped functioning for me and I
don't know why. All that happens now at the selected date/time
is the e-mail or contact goes red. Perhaps it is embarrassed
that the feature is not working properly any more.

Can someone please advise how to fix this, as I missed an
important reminder that I was relying on already.