Follow up when nobody repliesNew
Get a reminder if an important email goes unanswered.
Some emails need an answer. Mail can keep an eye on them for you.
- Before you send, select the alarm clock next to Send.
- Choose when: in 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, a week, two weeks, or a date and time you pick.
- Send as usual.
If nobody replies by then, you get a notification and the email shows in Waiting for, in the mail sidebar. When a reply arrives, the reminder clears by itself. This works while your browser and computer are closed.
- With several people, choose Until anyone replies or Until everyone replies.
- Remind me even if they reply gives you the reminder either way.
- Out-of-office replies and delivery failures do not count as replies. If an email could not be delivered, Waiting for says so.
- For an email you already sent, open it, choose ⋯ and Remind me if no reply. On an email someone sent you, Remind me about this gives you a plain reminder.
In Waiting for, Nudge starts a short follow-up in the same conversation. You can also change the time or mark it done.
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