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Can I send an email into To Do and have it become a task
Sometimes sending or forwarding an email is a good intake method, not sure if that is possible?
- Enable the "Flagged emails" smart list from To Do will create tasks out emails. No forwarding necessary 🙂
- I do that, this is a different case where when I want to capture something quick on the fly. I added a Shortcut on my iPhone screen, I think that will do it.
I understand you have found a solution, but I like the direction you are going and wanted to respond to others who may read this post later on.
Alternative methods to create quick reminders or tasks
- Use the Add a Note feature which sends a note to OneNote
- Pin/unpin an email to the top so you can "tend" to it when you can
- Flag/unflag an email that sends an item to the ToDo list
- Use the Quick action icons and Customize Action icons
- Many users forget to add the icons they use the most
- Many users forget to add the icons they use the most
- Lastly, the inspiration for this post. Microsoft recently added Send to OneNote or Share to Teams. It is a good idea to include Send a Task one-click action. Adding this feature will be helpful to Android/iPhone users.
Teresa
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And to go even further, is there a way to directly answer the email from Microsoft To Do?
After having my email sent to the tasks (not flagged), I can access the text from the To Do, but to answer the email I have to go back to Outlook and search for the email. It would be really convenient to directly have a function answer/answer all from To Do.
