Email reminder and follow up in New Outlook missing

Anonymous
2023-11-14T08:02:11+00:00

Hi.

I am currently using 'New Outlook'. Previously I was able to set a reminder/follow up on the email either before or after sending as a reminder to do so.

Sadly I cannot find it. Has it been omitted?

This was a very important tool, please reinstate this incredibly useful and productive feature.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-24T10:41:59+00:00

    100% Spot on

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-24T10:32:11+00:00

    Another poorly planned change by MS programmers. When Ford makes a new car they do not throw out everything and go back to a horse and cart. For a program to be useful the designer should look a what is being used already and improve on that not create a new format that leaves things out and do a patch up later to return those missing things. What has MS learnt over the years? Obviously not to see what its customers want.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-03T21:28:20+00:00

    Hi Diana, I rolled back to classic outlook for the functionality. No other work around that do the same thing.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-03T21:10:53+00:00

    I am looking to flag for the recipient as well. We used to flag for the recipient with a time that had passed to turn the message red in their inbox, so they would notice it. Now, it looks like there's no way to draw attention to it in that way.

    CYP_G, have you figured anything out on this or should I continue to use the Outlook Classic version for this?

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  5. Robert Sparnaaij [MVP] 18,396 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-31T14:02:53+00:00

    Has anyone from MS be on here to enlighten us why the feature is no longer there? Or if it is there, how we find it? It's a blooody nuisance, that's what it is!

    It simply hasn't been implemented yet 😉

    New Outlook is a complete rewrite when compared with Classic Outlook. There are many of the main features still to be implemented and even hundreds of smaller ones. That's why it is going to take until at least 2029 before they will retire Classic Outlook.

    One could almost say, the older the feature, the older the code, the longer it will take to rewrite/renew it, especially if there is no modern replacement on any of the other platforms (web, mobile, Mac) either. That's where priorities come into play, so make sure to use that Help-> Feedback-> Make a suggestion form 👍

    Some of the major and bigger features that will be coming in the next few months are published on the Roadmap so you can keep track of them. Implementing Offline Mode (v1) was a huge milestone which took up lots of development resources the past few months. PST support (v1) is another one and is currently scheduled for March 2025.

    Outlook - Microsoft 365 Roadmap

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