How can I search for email messages I have not replied to?

[Jason R. Senior]

I am a user of Thunderbird which has this great feature equivalent to
Outlook's "Search Folders". But with Thunderbird I could create a search
folder that finds all email messages that I have not replied to or have not
forwarded. I get so many emails, and this search folder helps me to find
emails that I simply have not acted upon, so I don't forget to get back to
the person. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook because when
configuring a search folder, I see no mail fields which contain a status of
whether or not a message is replied to or forwarded. Obviously, Outlook
knows this internally because it knows enough to change the icon when you
reply or forward a message. Why can't I search on this field? Flagging
emails for follow up btw is not an option. It would be too time consuming
for me to do that. I just want it to find emails I didn't reply to. Any
help?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Most of us use flags to mark items we need to review later since we don't
reply to everything. Many of us also never mark messages read unless we open
them (turn off the mark as read in the preview pane options.)

If you need to search for items not replied to/forwarded, you can use the
replied to cfg here: http://www.slipstick.com/exs/customfields.htm then
create a search folder or advanced find on the last verb field is empty.


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[Jason R. Senior]

Ok, I did what you said, and it seems to work! Thanks. I hope future
versions of Outlook make this a little more friendly because finding things
you haven't replied to isn't exactly that uncommon.

Thanks again.

Most of us use flags to mark items we need to review later since we don't
reply to everything. Many of us also never mark messages read unless we open
them (turn off the mark as read in the preview pane options.)

If you need to search for items not replied to/forwarded, you can use the
replied to cfg here: http://www.slipstick.com/exs/customfields.htm then
create a search folder or advanced find on the last verb field is empty.


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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I am a user of Thunderbird which has this great feature equivalent to
Outlook's "Search Folders". But with Thunderbird I could create a search
folder that finds all email messages that I have not replied to or have
not
forwarded. I get so many emails, and this search folder helps me to find
emails that I simply have not acted upon, so I don't forget to get back to
the person. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook because when
configuring a search folder, I see no mail fields which contain a status
of
whether or not a message is replied to or forwarded. Obviously, Outlook
knows this internally because it knows enough to change the icon when you
reply or forward a message. Why can't I search on this field? Flagging
emails for follow up btw is not an option. It would be too time consuming
for me to do that. I just want it to find emails I didn't reply to. Any
help?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if working in just one folder, sort by the icon column to group unreplied to
items together.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Ok, I did what you said, and it seems to work! Thanks. I hope future
versions of Outlook make this a little more friendly because finding
things
you haven't replied to isn't exactly that uncommon.

Thanks again.

Most of us use flags to mark items we need to review later since we don't
reply to everything. Many of us also never mark messages read unless we
open
them (turn off the mark as read in the preview pane options.)

If you need to search for items not replied to/forwarded, you can use the
replied to cfg here: http://www.slipstick.com/exs/customfields.htm then
create a search folder or advanced find on the last verb field is empty.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I am a user of Thunderbird which has this great feature equivalent to
Outlook's "Search Folders". But with Thunderbird I could create a
search
folder that finds all email messages that I have not replied to or have
not
forwarded. I get so many emails, and this search folder helps me to
find
emails that I simply have not acted upon, so I don't forget to get back
to
the person. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook because when
configuring a search folder, I see no mail fields which contain a
status
of
whether or not a message is replied to or forwarded. Obviously,
Outlook
knows this internally because it knows enough to change the icon when
you
reply or forward a message. Why can't I search on this field?
Flagging
emails for follow up btw is not an option. It would be too time
consuming
for me to do that. I just want it to find emails I didn't reply to.
Any
help?