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I find myself making use of the email reminders for date due items, but when something passes I need another reminder, that has a urgency notice to get done.
I've found that overdue items tend to be forgotten unless I manually look at the list which is sometimes hard as I'm not on my computer all day.
Thanks.
Peter
Posted at 2:02am on May 4, 2007
I second this.
Posted at 5:20am on November 16, 2008
says:Yep - I need to be chased on overdue reminders more than current so this is a fairly key enhancement.
Posted at 5:53pm on November 21, 2008
says:+1
Posted at 1:29pm on January 4, 2009
This would be so easy to implement and so obvious a need, I'm surprised it's languished since May 2007!
One more checkbox under daily reminders for Overdue Items (and probably one extra condition in an If statement in the code--ok, I know it's more than that but seriously, it can't be MUCH more) and you're done.
Posted at 2:17pm on January 6, 2009
With the second day of dealing with my reminders on overdue items (arguably the most important) disappearing, I realize that that makes the reminder "feature" basically useless. I checked out todoist.com but there reminder feature is part of the premium user package, which I would pay for if I knew it actually reminded on overdue items as well ...
Posted at 2:24pm on January 7, 2009
says:+1
Posted at 7:22pm on January 8, 2009
+1
Posted at 4:50pm on January 12, 2009
says:Wow this really is kinda a Duh. +1 from me. I keep forgetting things because they fall off from today to yesterday. I realize that with true GTD this doesn't happen but in real life outside of books and plans you sometimes forget to postpone things to tomorrow when the day ends then they are forgotten.
Posted at 4:55pm on January 27, 2009
+1
Posted at 5:34pm on January 27, 2009
I was just about to post something like this too! Count me in!
Posted at 5:14am on February 4, 2009
+1
Posted at 5:53am on February 6, 2009
Does anyone know if this is being worked on? Would really be a helpful feature, but seems like this has been outstanding for a long time, and doesn't seem then is on RTM's high priority list. But as people mentioned here, seems like a logical and straightforward thing to do.
Posted at 5:56am on February 6, 2009
says:Interesting. I wouldn't push for this, but then again I also wouldn't use this. I suppose the natural conclusion to this request is that RTM isn't your main app for managing tasks...email is...RTM just delivers your tasks to where you actually want to see them. Doesn't the daily agenda include overdue tasks? If you aren't going to use RTM as your main task management app, perhaps you should flag/start/move your emails and un-flag/un-star/delete them when the task is done. Then you have a constant nag right in your inbox and you don't have to receive additional emails.
If I were an RTM developer, I'd look at this request and say two things:
1. This isn't a deficiency (I don't know of a service that does this) and
2. This doesn't really do anything to improve the product.
...or just send yourself a task every day to check RTM for overdue emails. :-)
Posted at 1:22pm on February 6, 2009
says:I haven't spoken up about this previously, but I thought it worth adding that it's not a very complex or outlandish request to hope that a daily, automated email would contain not only newly due items, but also a summary of open, overdue ones as well.
Being able to refer to one email, and not have to scour multiple emails, is a clear benefit.
Posted at 3:50pm on February 6, 2009
says:I was thinking of something else with my "daily agenda" remark previously. I don't use the emails/reminder feature of RTM, my apologies. I think ranbarton is on to something. It's Google Calendar that has a "daily agenda". RTM could adopt this and include overdue items in that email.
Posted at 5:22pm on February 6, 2009
says:I adore Gcal's daily agenda. I subscribe to the iCal of one of my RTM Smartlists, so I see my day's tasks integrated right into my calendar - very handy. If we could inject my overdue's into that email, then we'd really be on to something.
Posted at 6:27pm on February 6, 2009
Hi, thanks for the responses. In a nutshell, this to me is more about giving the user more options. While email notification is not necessarily used heavily by everyone, some (like myself) would depend on it this way - 2 sections in the email to distinguish due today vs overdue (maybe even with due date). First, hopefully RTM doesn't mind enabling his option. Second, as said before, if it takes less less than a few days to implement, RTM will implement this. But even with such a small feature add, there needs to be enough demand to make it worth their time, so please - anyone whowould like his as well, enter your thoughts here. Thanks.
Posted at 10:20am on February 9, 2009
+1
Posted at 7:08pm on April 8, 2009
+1 ... definitely in favor of more email options in general.
Posted at 9:13am on April 20, 2009
Overdue items need to be on the reminder list.
Also the ability to send NOW for the remender list.
Also the ability to email a filtered list, on a schedule and NOW.
Posted at 3:25pm on May 5, 2009
says:Please, please put this is an option for the reminders - I ponied up the cash assuming that this would be a feature that you can switch on - without it. users not near a computer have to make some pretty special efforts to try and find out what they have missed. I know that this may not appeal to GTD purists but it certainly can't hurt as an option - do RTM guys reply on this firum?
Posted at 8:25am on September 18, 2009
says:that would be *forum*
Posted at 8:25am on September 18, 2009
says:@kent0n
"users not near a computer have to make some pretty special efforts to try and find out what they have missed."
It takes a few minutes for ONE TIME setup, but after that I don't consider a quick direct message on twitter "pretty special effort."
if you have a saved overdue list "dueBefore:today" or a saved today list that includes overdue items i.e. "dueBefore:tomorrow" AND you follow RTM on Twitter, which is a one time setup, it's relatively simple to find out what you missed with a direct twitter message.
d rtm !getlist overdue OR
d rtm !getlist today
When rtm direct tweets me back, it comes to my phone AND my email.
Posted at 3:57am on September 19, 2009
says:@mehardin thanks for that - I will set it up, I still don't see why it can't be added though as ultimately that is asking for a reminder and the whole point is that I want to be reminded automatically ;-)
Posted at 8:42am on September 21, 2009
says:...and in this respect I totally agree with @ranbarton's point above "I haven't spoken up about this previously, but I thought it worth adding that it's not a very complex or outlandish request to hope that a daily, automated email would contain not only newly due items, but also a summary of open, overdue ones as well.
Being able to refer to one email, and not have to scour multiple emails, is a clear benefit."
Posted at 8:46am on September 21, 2009
says:I also think one could build on the weekly planner view and create a very good HTML email of overdue, current, and pending tasks.
For example, if one's reminder list were tied to a smartlist, each user could craft just the right batch of tasks they wished to have emailed to them, and at what intervals. I'd love to have an HTML email I could keep open all day, with links that would let me complete, postpone, or edit each task just a click away.
Posted at 2:57pm on September 21, 2009
+1
Posted at 7:11pm on October 1, 2009
says:Why has this not been implemented yet? Seems very simple...
I just want the daily email (that I get anyway) to list my overdue tasks as well. That's all.
Posted at 10:26pm on October 10, 2009
says:Yep, +1 for me too. And while we're on it, I'd really like to be able to select custom reminders per task. Some tasks I want reminders of on the day, others 1 hour or so before (and some with Twitter, and some with email). It's seems like this should be a pretty basic feature, as most calendar software does it (eg. iCal).
Could be a good PRO only feature?
Posted at 4:12am on October 11, 2009
+1
Posted at 8:25pm on October 23, 2009
says:+1 from me. I also thought it worth noting a few other threads asking for the same thing in an attempt to consolidate.
Especially since this would seem like a really easy fix / addition. Probably a small tweak to some SQL or possibly a template.
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/6998/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/6957/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3702/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2064/
Posted at 1:47pm on November 5, 2009
