Email reminders not working in Outlook 97

[robblyth]

Hi all.
I'm using Outlook 98, and not having the best memory in the world I flag a lot of my emails with reminders. When these are in the inbox, a message box pops up at the appropriate time.
But, when the email is in any other folder the message doesn't pop up. The email title goes red so it 'knows' it is overdue but it doesn't tell me. Any ideas how I can get reminders to work from my other folders?

Any help is appreciated.
Rob

 

[SteveBoard]

I'm interested in your message about reminders in Outlook, since I'm starting to do something kind of like it.

Could you provide the macro (VBA) code that works as far as you've taken it and I will try to think it through too.

I've been trying to create macros to insert the flag on a message that the cursor is on in my inbox list, but can't find the method to do so. Your ideas? I want a button that will add a flag to a selected message and then give me a reminder with certain characteristics. So far, not good!

 

[robblyth]

I'm not doing anything this clever! At the moment all I do is open the mail, click the Flag button (Ctrl-Sh-G) and set a due date.
Maybe a macro is the way to go. I've not done many of these, I'll give it a go too and let you know if I make any progress.

Rob