Follow up flags for emails

To make sure you do not forget about a message, you can use the follow-up feature.

  1. 选择一封或几封邮件。

  2. 右击其中一封邮件。

  3. Click Mark for Follow Up….

You can also do this by selecting the message(s) and clicking Message ▸ Mark as ▸ Follow Up… or by pressing Shift+Ctrl+G.

将会打开一个窗口，让您设置标记类型和截止日期。

The flag itself is the action you want to remind yourself about, such as Call, Forward and Reply.

After you have added a flag, you can mark it as complete or remove it entirely by right-clicking the message and clicking either Flag Completed or Clear Flag.

When you read a flagged message, its flag status is displayed at the top, before the message headers. An overdue message might tell you "Overdue: Call by April 07, 2012, 5:00 PM."

Flags can help you organize your work in a number of ways. For example, you might add a Flag Status column to your message list and sort that way. Alternately, you could create a search folder that displays all your flagged messages, then clear the flags when you're done, so the search folder contains only messages with upcoming deadlines.

If you prefer a simpler way to remind yourself about messages, you can mark them as important by right-clicking the message, then click Mark as Important, or by selecting Message ▸ Mark as ▸ Important from the menubar.