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Mobile app Sub folder notifications
We have pushed all our users to use Outlook mobile apps on iOS and Android, however many are complaining that they have created rules on the Outlook desktop client to put emails in certain sub folder...
Hi there!
1. Select any mail and after right click on that go to rules and then manage rules and alerts.
2. After that in "EMAIL RULES", select all the rules using shift+down arrow key. They go to change rule, and now select play a sound. After that a folder will open where you have to select the tune for the same. Select that and apply the rule.
3. Now you are all set to get notification for all the subfolders on your phone.
Just try once. Thank you.
1. Select any mail and after right click on that go to rules and then manage rules and alerts.
2. After that in "EMAIL RULES", select all the rules using shift+down arrow key. They go to change rule, and now select play a sound. After that a folder will open where you have to select the tune for the same. Select that and apply the rule.
3. Now you are all set to get notification for all the subfolders on your phone.
Just try once. Thank you.
the steps you have mentioned are applicable to desktop app configurations.
but the issue we are referring is about lack of sub folder notifications on mobile device outlook app.
how can any configuration made on a desktop outlook app change the notification behaviour of mobile device outlook app.
Its works !!!!!!!!!!!! at least on "client only" mode. Its a good option till permanent options comes.Diksha_K240
- I think it's important to know WHY it works so the repercussions and caveats are clear. Pretty much any of the 'Client-Only' rules basically force the other rules to wait before processing. So if you say 'play a sound' or 'play a notification' via the desktop app, then other conditions (like moving folders) won't apply until the desktop client is open. Since the 'Move folder' rule is applied server-side, if you don't have any client-only rules in place it will happen instantly without notification.
If the desktop client stays closed, the messages stay in the inbox on the server/mobile device client and normal mobile notifications occur. Once the desktop client is opened, the rule begins processing and those messages get moved into subfolders on both mobile and desktop.
What you'll want to warn users about is to close the desktop client when not in use. If it continues to process rules, it can create an inconsistent state where you get a mobile notification for a message, but it's already been moved to the subfolder. If the user clicks the notification, they're brought to the inbox where the message no longer exists. (tested on Android).
