10th October 2001
How many messages are sitting in your Inbox? You're kidding! What are you doing reading this tip when you should be following up with some of the more important ones? Oh, you don't know which ones are important. Well, I bet you gauged an e-mail's importance when it first arrived. In Microsoft Outlook, right-click on a message and select the 'Flag for Follow Up' option. Now, select one of the following: Call, Do not Forward, Follow up, For Your Information, Forward, No Response Necessary, Read, Reply, Reply to All, or Review. Ya know, whatever the situation calls for. While you're at it, better give yourself a due date, too. Outlook will then remind you that you need to play less Solitaire and reply to more e-mail messages. Not literally, of course. You can also set flags for your outgoing messages, too. As long as the recipient is using a compatible version of Outlook, you'll be good to go. Need a niftier way to find out without asking him or her directly? Okay, right-click on any field (From, Subject, Received, etc.) and select Field Chooser. Now, in the drop-down menu, select All Mail fields. Drag & drop 'Outlook Version' in between any two mail fields in the main Outlook pane. Now you'll know who else is using Outlook instantly!