Of course, if you want reminders and flags for the folder to display, you'll need this enabled. Verify the option to " Display reminders and tasks from this folder in the To-Do Bar" is not enabled. Repeat the process in order to set multiple reminders in Outlook for emails. If you select the check box, enter the date and time when you want the reminder to appear. In the Custom dialog box, select or clear the Reminder check box. On data files that are not used for email delivery, you can disable this feature by right-clicking on the top level of the data file and choosing Data File Properties. On the Home tab, click on Follow Up, and then click on Add Reminder. When a data file is assigned to an email account (or set as default), reminders and flags will always display. This option is available only on data files that are not used for email delivery. Fortunately, you can disable it if you don't want reminders or enable it, if Outlook didn't enable it by default. Unlike earlier versions of Outlook, Outlook 2007 and up will fire reminders from any data file or folder, not just the default folders in the default pst. My problem: the reminders from my 2011 pst are coming up. This year I made a new pst file '2012-emails.pst' and set it as default on 1st Jan 2012.
Since upgrading, Outlook spits reminders at me for his meetings as well as my own (it didnt do this before the upgrade yesterday).
So at the end of each year I make a new file and set that as default. Disable calendar alerts / reminders for shared calendar I have my own calendar and also full rights to my colleagues calendar.
I get a lot of emails and my pst files are very large (12-17GB) with just the email I get during one year.
One used wanted to know how to prevent reminders and flags from his archive pst file from displaying while the other user wanted to know how to make the reminders show. If you have more than one account set up, whether the rule applies only to the current account or to all accounts.Ĭlick Finish when you've made your selections.We had two questions about tasks, reminders, and flags recently. Whether the rule should be turned on so that it will be applied to all incoming messages in the future, and Fortunately, you can disable it if you dont want reminders or enable it, if Outlook didnt enable it by default. Whether the rule should be run on messages already in your Inbox, Unlike earlier versions of Outlook, Outlook 2007 and up will fire reminders from any data file or folder, not just the default folders in the default pst. On the final screen, you give your rule a name and specify Now you're asked Are there any exceptions? For the simple version of this procedure, we'll assume there are no exceptions, so just click Next. If you haven't yet created that folder, click New to create one now.
In the Rules and Alerts - Choose a folder dialog box, select the folder where you want these messages filed. Then, in the Step 2 section, click the underlined word specified. The next screen asks What do you want to do with the message? In the Step 1 section, select move it to the specified folder. This screen asks Which condition(s) do you want to check? Scroll down and select which is a meeting invitation or update, then click Next. In the box labeled Step 1: Select a template, in the Start from a blank rule section, select Apply rule on messages I receive. Even though Outlook 2016 looks very much like Outlook 2013, is does include quite a few improvements. From the Home ribbon, in the Move section, click Rules, then click Manage Rules & Alerts.