Outlook email flag to iPhone (probably same thing on iPad)

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Outlook email flag to iPhone (probably same thing on iPad)

This is an extremely vexing problem and I would like to know if anyone has a solution please. Here is my situation:

Using standalone (simply my home one not connected to network or exchange) Outlook 2007 (soon to upgrade to 2013) on PC - Windows 8.1. Have an iPhone 6. I use gmail as my email addresses (have 5 different profiles) within Outlook - one primary email, other for things like store warranties, other for friends, etc.

Want the closest possible functionality (particularly categories, reminders, etc.) on my iPhone for my standalone Outlook. The only thing I have found close is DejaOffice and Companion Link (which work together). I am seriously considering as appears a close mirror image for all things I do, but they don't have email. So, can someone please give me either a) a better comprehensive application/solution; b) a separate 3rd party email app that will allow me to flag an email, on either computer or iPhone with perfect sync, as a reminder without having to create a separate task; or c) your best/closest solution set to be as seamlessly productive as possible using either native or 3rd party email app and your :"manual workaround." Thanks.

Message was edited by: SJ the Hurricane

Posted on Jan 18, 2015 12:32 PM

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Answer 1

ManSinha

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Jan 18, 2015 12:53 PM in response to SJ the Hurricane

It appeare that an IMAP account will best meet your needs of sync across your devices. Have you tried to directly add the Google account in your iPhone?

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Answer 2

Jan 18, 2015 1:00 PM in response to ManSinha

You are very kind and thanks for the response. My gmails are pop accounts and I am making a test gmail imap account I will bring into outlook to test out. However, from what I have read elsewhere, this will not solve it, but will try. Hopefully there are other folks who regularly use standalone Outlook with an iPhone and can hopefully tell me there best solutions (see 3 part question above) for having iPhone either mirror image or as closely as possible mirror image Outlook on their computers.

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Answer 3

Jan 18, 2015 1:33 PM in response to SJ the Hurricane

Very simply you cannot sync across clients with POP accounts; you must set them up as IMAP if you want to sync. You may want to look at Google's gmail app. You can also create the accounts in the default mail app on the iPhone. But again, it must be IMAP both in Outlook and on the iPhone if you want to sync.

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Answer 4

Jan 19, 2015 8:29 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thanks so much for the reply, but if I change to IMAP, I lose the Outlook functionality (different flags for times and color categories) that I use Outlook for in the first place. I am finding that anything involving Microsoft is a considerable pain and wish they made things more user friendly or customizable with their products. At this point, it seems I have two extreme choices of either getting Office 365 Business or simply using what looks to be a very good 3rd party app (companionlink and deja office) and simply using native iOS app for email on iPhone and just manually updating Outlook each night on my PC.

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Answer 5

ManSinha

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Jan 19, 2015 10:07 PM in response to SJ the Hurricane

That is the one thing the late Blackberry did very well via BES

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Answer 6

Jan 20, 2015 12:00 AM in response to SJ the Hurricane

With IMAP you can only flag in one color, but it will preserve any colors you assign in Outlook.

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