How to flag emails in the iOS Mail app
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Remind yourself of important messages with the help of flags. Lots of people manage their life out of their email inbox. There`s no shame in that; it`s a workable strategy — particularly if the number of inbox messages doesn`t get too overwhelming — but it`s easy for an inbox to get overrun with loads of email messages. Some of these messages will be important, but many of them not. Because of the size of your inbox, when it comes time to quickly access an important message, it can often be akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, there`s a feature built into the Mail app in iOS that can help. Why should you flag it? Flagging a message Display the flagged mailbox Why should you flag it? Flags are simply a means of marking messages. Why would you flag a message? Here are a few reasons: As a reminder to come back to the message at a later time and follow up on something in it. To mark a message that applies to a particular project or topic. To mark a messag...