Outlook 2003 Follow Up Flag File Failure

[EdN_OPKS]

Hi: I’m running Outlook 2003, Win XP-Pro with all SPs and the latest updates,
but have recently developed a problem with Outlook’s Follow Up flag feature.

I’m able to flag messages in my Inbox with one of several different colors;
but none of the flagged messages automatically appear in the built-in Follow
Up folder. Sure, I can still drag and drop copies of flagged messages into
the Follow Up folder, but I miss the auto feature – something that has worked
up until recently.

I did a “repair†to Outlook, but the problem still exists. All my e-mail
accounts are POP-3 accounts and I haven’t made any changes there (that I know
of) in years.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a possible fix?

Thanks for reading.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

For Follow Up is just a search folder. Maybe it got messed up somehow.
Right-click it and choose Customize this Search Folder and make sure that it
still shows that it’s searching your entire message store (or all of the
relevant folders anyhow) for any messages with follow-up flags.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
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[EdN_OPKS]

Thanks Ben. I followed your advice and in doing so found that when I had
accidentally deleted the "For Follow Up" folder from my Favorites view some
time back, I goofed by manually creating a replacement folder called "For
Follow Up", but without using the proper procedure (i.e. dragging the folder
from search folders). All is well now -- thanks again for your assistance.
-Ed-