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I have been flagging emails in Outlook and adding a Category with the name of someone who is responsible to deal with the content of that email. This gets automatically added to To Do and when I move...
DavidJackson335 I'm sure that works for many people. In my case, I'd like to automate the process more than that. It would be ideal if you could just flag an email in Outlook when you get it and have it automatically show up on a ToDo list that is shared with your team. Since you have to move messages in ToDo from the flagged email area to an actual list, your idea is not a lot more effort. I really didn't want to go into ToDo at all in order to add tasks to the ToDo list. Also, being able to categorize is more flexible since you don't have to open multiple folders and can see everything at once whenever you want to.
I ended up not using ToDo since it doesn't really do what I was hoping it would.
- No, I haven't. There are plenty of options if you are willing to move your email into another program and convert them to "tasks". I've just never been able to keep up with that approach. It makes a whole other bunch of stuff I have to manage. Categorizing emails and using the flag system is great for me to keep track of who is doing what. I just wish I could share the overall task list with my team, without also sharing my entire account. I beat my head against many walls trying to find a solution.