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I second that idea.

Posted at 6:52pm on December 27, 2007

we.kanes

This would make me very happy.

Posted at 7:15pm on December 27, 2007

This would convince me to purchase a pro membership.

Posted at 3:26am on January 22, 2008

there are only selected to-dos that I would like to be reminded of, so I support this idea

Posted at 2:19pm on January 23, 2008

This is likely the one real serious element I find lacking in RTM. I don't want a reminder for everything on my list. It would be beneficial to pick which tasks, and by what manner, I am reminded.

Posted at 9:37am on January 30, 2008

I'm on the bandwagon here as well. This is a big omission and in my eyes the only major thing that RTM is missing. I'd certainly love to see this soon!

Posted at 10:41pm on January 30, 2008

agreed

Posted at 6:33am on January 31, 2008

I agree with this, with some additions.

I want to have different reminders sent to different emails or mobile number.

For example, I want things tagged 'work' sent to my work email. I want things tagged for school sent to my personal email and things tagged call to be sent to my phone.

Posted at 12:28pm on January 31, 2008

tim.earles

signed, glad to see my eyes weren't failing me when I went looking to set a reminder for ONE specific task

Posted at 8:26pm on February 4, 2008

benga

This would be great. I don't need a text at 8am to tell me to pay my CC bill, but I do need one at 7pm when I get home and I'm in front of my Mac.

Posted at 3:32pm on February 5, 2008

This would be great, I would love to be able to choose how to get reminded (txt, email, etc.) and when. THanks

Posted at 3:44pm on February 5, 2008

kkaland

I definitely support this. So the default settings would apply if I didn't customize the reminder, but otherwise I could type in a simple syntax like "remind me on email at 3:00 pm" or "remind me on sms in 3 hours" etc. - making use of the string-to-time functionality already in place too.

Would be awes0me

Thanks :)
Kevin

Posted at 5:25pm on February 6, 2008

n5csu

I agree that it would be great to be able to choose notification means for each task. Some need to to the work Lotus Notes email, others to personal Gmail and the occasional message to SMS. This would be fantastic!

Posted at 4:46am on February 10, 2008

nah.why

i join with the RTM Team in loving google. I like their google calendar (gcal) reminders:



you can have up to 5 reminders.

Posted at 5:26pm on February 11, 2008

I agree that this would be a nice feature. How often do they update RTM?

Posted at 7:57am on February 13, 2008

Most tasks I don't need reminders for. However, every once in a while, I'd like to get a reminder for a particular task. It would be nice to be able to set a checkbox like "Reminder?" for a particular task and then get a reminder (by e-mail would be my preference) for that one task without having to set the entire system to send me reminders.

Posted at 11:39am on February 27, 2008

I agree this would be cool. I was going to also mention Google Calendar's ability to do this but noticed nah.why already did. :)

Posted at 8:29pm on March 3, 2008

Yes! please, please, please!

Posted at 1:58am on March 4, 2008

mddurda

I agree; many of my items have due dates, but not all do I want a reminder for sent to my phone. Options to have no reminder, sms reminder, or just an e-mail would be fantastic.

Posted at 3:01am on March 4, 2008

kegelman

PLEASE! Lots seem to want more control over reminder settings, specifically being able to granularly set for individual items. Also having a snooze feature like Sandy for reminders would be perfect!

Posted at 2:46pm on March 4, 2008

dougireton

I agree this would be very useful.

Posted at 10:50pm on March 4, 2008

Yes I am still hankering after this one...I don't want to use google as I cannot access this at work/ it takes lot of time to load on some connetions. I don't want 2 logins for my organiser....RTM only please....Does this appear as a blanket reminder and hence is not being remembered, maybe it needs an individual reminder...;-o)

Posted at 11:14am on March 18, 2008

I agree; this would make me happy!

Thereto, I need to customize remider distination for individual tasks. In many cases, I just want to send reminder to only myself. But I sometimes want to send remider to my staffs.

Posted at 2:26pm on March 18, 2008

this feature would make me happy too

Posted at 2:39pm on March 18, 2008

cocles

I came to the forums for the first time just now for the specific reason of asking for this. Glad to see there's already a thread.

Posted at 6:33am on March 23, 2008

Is there no offical presence or crew/webmasters reading the forums? I am a new member and imidiately got annoyed that the reminders cant be more specific. For example they could have connected the reminders to the priority level, i.e. I would like to be chose that the tasks with priority one can get texts and the tasks with prio 2 i will settle with e-mails. When i check the forum Everyone seems to be annoyed by this during the last 1 or 2? years. Thats really a low grade for the crew of the site since i can not find any official answers to the problem. Why doesnt people just change go google calender or similiar?

Posted at 11:51am on March 24, 2008

I came here just to post this, so I'm glad it's already been mentioned.

Ideally each task could have its own reminder properties (when and what method). Less ideal would be on a per-list basis, or having only a set number of reminder properties of which you could choose on a per task basis.

Posted at 8:49pm on March 24, 2008

i came here just to post this too!

Posted at 6:13pm on March 26, 2008

I came to the forum for the same reason, could really use individual reminders. I have only been using RTM for a couple days, but I love it. Thanks for all the hard work!

Posted at 6:49pm on March 26, 2008

Sandy [http://iwantsandy.com] for the win on this. Don't get me wrong, I think overall RTM is a more robust application, but I've been tinkering with Sandy and although it hasn't won me from RTM (and I don't expect it to), I am head over heels in love with these 2 things:

1) SNOOZE! When Sandy emails you a scheduled reminder, you can just reply with "remind me in an hour" or "remind me tomorrow" and it reschedules it. Fantastic!

2) Per-task reminder options. I set it to remind me via email by default, and NOT to remind me via SMS by default (don't want to rack up txt msg charges). But if I do want a certain reminder by SMS, I can tell Sandy "remind me to get drive-through on the way home today at 5pm @sms". Slick.

I would be such a happy bunny if RTM were to take inspiration from these two features! I would never "cheat" with Sandy again. ;-)

Posted at 4:32am on April 1, 2008

Add my voice to the chorus too!

Posted at 1:47pm on April 1, 2008

I just started using RTM, and so far, this is the only feature I can think of that is missing. It would really be great to be able to do this because, like others have said, certain events are important enough to get a txt, but others aren't worth 1 of the only 400 texts included in my plan.

Basically-- pleasepleaseplease!

Posted at 2:40am on April 2, 2008

I agree, I would be really, really useful.

Posted at 7:02am on April 7, 2008

agree

Posted at 5:00pm on April 7, 2008

I join the line. Please work in this feature

Posted at 10:53am on April 11, 2008

As do I. I think the only feature I really crave is the ability to specify reminder rules on a per-list and per-task level - for all the reasons already mentioned! :)

Posted at 5:53pm on April 11, 2008

I concur with most people here. I really want to up to a pro membership but RTK is still missing some basic features that other programs (e.g. Sandy) have. Another disconcerting fact is that RTK has taken so long to add this feature.

Posted at 7:46am on April 18, 2008

I have to, well, pretty much repeat what everyone else has been saying. I've been using RTM for only a short while but this is the one feature I find myself wishing for every time I make a task that doesn't fit the universal reminder schedule I have set up.

Posted at 3:19am on April 21, 2008

This is a much needed feature of RTM. I agree with everyone else here that it is a must-have.
Please add it!
Thanks

Posted at 8:23pm on April 21, 2008

I would also like this feature. It could be very similar (or identical) to the way reminders are implemented in Google Calendar.

Posted at 8:47pm on April 21, 2008

PLEASE ad this feature!

Posted at 2:53am on April 27, 2008

I've only used Remember The Milk for a few hours and I really miss being able to set individual reminders.

I hope this will be developed soon!

Let's Get It!

Thomas.

Posted at 9:49pm on May 27, 2008

This thread has been here since December and still no response from the RTM team?!?!? what's going on with the support crew?

Posted at 7:05am on June 2, 2008

Ummm please could you give us a bit feedback please....I check now and again, but nothing seems to have changed or have I missed something? What can we do to encourage/help to achieve this addition....I'm not a programmer, but willing to do what I can.

Gareth

Posted at 2:03pm on June 2, 2008

bwiderski

ditto everyone else... just started, love it, came here to request this specific feature (customize reminders)

Posted at 3:47pm on June 2, 2008

re: the complaints that RTM isn't responding here...

The forum instructions say that RTM monitors the Help area; this is the Ideas area. So that's probably why they're not popping up here. They do seem to respond w/in a few days at the most, there, and have also indicated they're aware of the wish for more control in how reminders are sent. (See the thread called "Different reminders".)

Posted at 11:06pm on June 2, 2008

+1 from me.

Also, I've been using MilkSync for BlackBerry and have been really impressed with the integration. One thing that Google's Calendar BB sync program does that RTM should employ: when I add an entry to Google Calendar and choose the "Pop-up" reminder type, the sync causes the reminder to go off on my BlackBerry. The same functionality from MilkSync, when they finally have individual reminders, would be fantastic!

Posted at 2:02am on June 6, 2008

p.dade

+1 from me too.

Posted at 10:05pm on June 16, 2008

Yes, I'd like to be able to set reminder rules based on priority level as well.

Posted at 4:14pm on June 17, 2008

I definitely agree with all of these posts, this functionality is really needed. In the meantime though I've found a sort of workaround for this, a sort of reminder check box if you will. If you set the reminder to be sent say 1 hour before the due time, then as long as you specify a due date, but no due time a reminder will not be sent, however if you do specify a specific time it will send a reminder an hour before. If you do not want reminders for something don't specify a time, if you do then specify a time. This isn't an ideal solution, but I hope it helps.

Posted at 5:05pm on June 18, 2008

mpatten

yes, yes, yes - pretty please with a cherry on top!!!!!

Posted at 2:50pm on June 20, 2008

Just posted a similar thread, then I found this. RTM needs this function. I would like a 2 week notice for birthdays, but only a one day notice for appointments.


Please?

Posted at 12:09am on July 1, 2008

drwillennium

This would be great! I need to make Phone calls at certain times but I don't want to fill up my google calendar with them just to use their reminder feature.

Posted at 4:13pm on July 15, 2008

Agreed. I came to the forums for this his reason as well.

Posted at 7:58pm on July 17, 2008

rwinch

I posted about this in a separate thread but thought I should voice my support in here. Definitely the only thing I really wish RTM did

Posted at 1:19pm on July 18, 2008

This should be at the top of the list. Right now this is the only feature I can think of that's not implemented already. I have to use a separate service for something that should really be built in.

Posted at 2:09am on July 22, 2008

Yes please - granular reminders would be great, some things I need the prompt, others not so much

Posted at 8:52am on July 22, 2008

I definitely want this. It'd be so nice to have different options for my reminders. At the very least I would like the option to have my daily list of reminders emailed and time-specific reminders sent via text.

Posted at 6:16pm on September 3, 2008

wmehardt

I was just about to post about this feature. Can we get some sort of an update if this is in planning? I'd subscribe immediately if this feature was available. I'd like to be able to be notified to make my car payment via SMS, but I don't care to get texted to followup on an email for work.

Posted at 7:48pm on September 3, 2008

I would also like to add my name to the chorus. I would have no hesitation in upgrading to pro when this feature is implemented.

Posted at 3:44am on September 6, 2008

ogourment

+1

At least maybe we could specify different reminder options per List, priority or tag, instead of for all tasks. For example items in the Urgent list or tagged as urgent, or with a "1" priority would justify an SMS, while the other ones would be fine as emails.

Also, I am not sure why GetSatisfaction.com is not used for this product. This would make much easier to count votes, than replies to a post in a forum!!!

Posted at 7:01pm on September 7, 2008

Ummm a better way of aggregating requests ....There are at least 12 different requests for Variable reminders if you put "reminders" in as a search. Gareth

Posted at 10:41am on September 18, 2008

gregdavis.ca

The Gcal reminders dont work for me since the task sycning is currently not working......... so yes individual task reminders is really important to get in there..

a text msg for every single task is pretty much useless.......

Posted at 4:14pm on September 19, 2008

I agree this is an important feature. And the iCalendar feed should include an alarm field, so that a calendar app that subscribes to the feed will automatically notify me. Also include the option to be reminded with a popup window the way Google Calendar does it.

Posted at 4:06pm on September 23, 2008

Need individual reminders too...

Posted at 7:29pm on September 30, 2008

Per talk reminder is an absolute must!

Posted at 5:44pm on November 24, 2008

izanagi

+1

Posted at 12:52am on November 25, 2008

agreed!

Posted at 4:30pm on November 26, 2008

john.buginas

Yes!

As a new iwantsandy -> rtm mail convert I agree.

I originally selected iwantsandy over this because of the variable reminders.

I don't mind a default reminder by list (work=15min, personal=60m,medical=90 etc).

best would be:
subject: Critical doctor appointment for sensitive weekly procedure
due: wednesday 430pm
repeat: weekly
remind: 90 minutes

better would allow for multiple nags

subject: Moms birthday - call and present
due: october 10 at 6pm
remind: 10 minutes, 1 day, 1 week

subject: flea medicine
due: december 1
repeat: monthly
reminder: none







Some tasks I do, like going to a play or going to a medical appointment, I need 30-90 minute warning.

Yahoo reminders can do this.

I need the email/text interface offered by RTM

Posted at 4:38pm on November 26, 2008

john.buginas

I just did a pre-emptive update to pro just to give a thumbs up and nudge in hopes of getting this feature.

I can see a workaround by setting another task for the short term

Posted at 4:41pm on November 26, 2008

Just signed up for RTM today and was looking all over for this. This would be a GREAT feature.... very very useful.

Posted at 9:51pm on December 1, 2008

I'll give another +1 from me. This would be a spectacular new feature.

Posted at 10:29pm on December 3, 2008

fopkins

This is the only feature keeping me from donating $25 annually to RTM.

I was shocked to find out it wasn't there.

(Everything else is GREAT!!!)

Posted at 12:26am on December 10, 2008

griff.rees

+1. It's frustrating that RTM does respond to requests in other "ideas" threads, but as yet has no comment on this one. Even if it's a "wontfix" or a "pending feature" with no due date, a simple acknowledgment would be nice.

Posted at 2:07pm on December 12, 2008

Unfortunately, nothing has happened with this and it is still something is missing from my point of view a year on . I am afraid I will not be renewing my Pro subscription. Regards Gareth

Posted at 10:10am on December 19, 2008

+1 from me.

Came across from Sandy and still struggling without proper individual email reminders which I keep in my inbox as a more urgent "to do" list.

Posted at 3:29am on January 11, 2009

i would really like to see this feature! I want to use the milk the cow dashboard widget to keep track of when bills are due and when i have paid them. I want to be able to filter my reminders so that i receive emails a week before the bill is due. however, i don't necessary want to receive emails for all of my other tasks that have due dates.

Posted at 4:49pm on January 22, 2009

this feature is my one hold back to using RTM as well. as a user commented earlier, i think it would be GREAT to be able to receive a custom reminder for any single task, and then be able to respond to that reminder via email and ask to "snooze" and remind me again in so many minutes or hours or days. this feature would complete the system. Please implement this! thank you.

Posted at 5:57pm on January 28, 2009

gmonty

Yes yes yes yes yes! Having the ability to set individual tasks to send reminders at a specific time would be a godsend.

Posted at 11:15am on January 30, 2009

+1 I'd love to set tag-based filters/rules for reminders. For example, if something is tagged 'reminder' SMS me, otherwise just email me.

Posted at 1:52pm on January 30, 2009

One thing that could help Gmail users would be to simply include the tags in the body of the reminder email that gets sent from RTM. (Currently, tag info is not included in reminder emails.) Then, we could create email filters that look for that text and forward onto the email address given by the SMS provider, e.g., 9195551212@txt.att.net.

So, this is a request to include task tags in the body of an email such that they could be parsed reliably by Gmails filters. :)

Posted at 6:56pm on January 30, 2009

tammy.gronski

Yes! Please add variable reminders! Gcal type would be great!

Posted at 2:37pm on January 31, 2009

I am adding my voice here.

Posted at 12:21am on February 4, 2009

deewox

Totally agree with all of you. We need a more flexible reminder system!

Posted at 9:52pm on February 5, 2009

I've been using RTM for 30 MINUTES and I want this feature. It was basically the first thing I started looking for.

"I have five tasks, four due today and one due three weeks from now. Better set some reminders so I keep on top of that three-week task. I'll...where... how... huh. Better check the forums to see how to enable this."

Posted at 3:10pm on February 6, 2009

yep, please add this feature

Posted at 1:41pm on February 11, 2009

please add this feature!

Posted at 7:46pm on February 11, 2009

Came here looking for this feature... it's a must-have, as I've been using GoPingMe, which (like Sandy) allows both scheduled reminders for individual tasks and lets you choose which reminders get sent to which e-mail address/device.

I work part-time and run a business, so I need to be able to set some tasks to remind me at my work e-mail address, and some to remind me at my business e-mail address. Makes no sense to have reminders to update my business web site sent to my work e-mail, etc.

Posted at 3:56pm on February 12, 2009

clandestine

Just want to throw my hat into the ring in support of this. This is the only thing I still use Google calendar for occasionally, and it annoys me because that's not what the calendar is for.

Posted at 8:55am on February 13, 2009

I whole-heartedly add my agreement to wanting more control over reminders.

However, my main wish in this area is that if a task has already been sent as a reminder *but has not yet been marked as completed*, RTM would automatically keep sending it with the other daily reminders until the task is marked as completed.

I tend to have a very full to-do list, and I often don't accomplish everything I would like (which is why I prioritize). But if an item keeps showing up on my "to-do list", it WILL eventually get done. But "out of sight, out of mind." If I don't see it on my to-do list, I will forget about it and it will never get done. :(

I agree with what some others posted; this additional flexibility with reminders would be well worth the $25 annual pro upgrade fee, and I would upgrade in a heartbeat.

Posted at 2:56pm on February 13, 2009

Reminders are necessary... I only need reminders for individual lists or Smartlists... I don't want to receive messages all the time for all my lists. !!!
For individual task, would be a plus... for special ocasions.

Posted at 6:15pm on February 13, 2009

Yes, please add this.

Posted at 5:28am on February 15, 2009

RTM still doesn't have this?! is there any response from the team about why this has not been implemented?

Posted at 6:59am on February 17, 2009

Just started using RtM seriously, and the global Reminder scheme is fairly useless. As noted above, the robust gcal reminder system is the Holy Grail here.

I bet they're working on this, as there is a huge demand. Must be a coding issue that's stalling them, eh? Would be nice to hear from RtM on this issue, whether it is actually being considered.

A workaround is to copy a task from my RtM calendar feed to my gcal ("copy to my calendar").

Posted at 6:52pm on February 25, 2009

ranbarton

@bodle You might find the tip from 2/11 on this thread of some use.

Posted at 7:32pm on February 25, 2009

Hello everyone,

Just checked that this is on the list of feature requests. Thanks for your suggestions!

Posted at 3:20am on February 26, 2009

ranbarton

@bodle Sorry the link was swallowed the last time. Trying again: https://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/4245/

Posted at 1:40am on February 27, 2009

Agreed - I would like to set a custom reminder setting on a per task basis, and on a per-list basis.

Posted at 12:14pm on March 13, 2009

Yes !

Posted at 11:07am on March 23, 2009

eivinfl

Agree!

Posted at 6:03pm on March 23, 2009

Hippy raises and hand and asks politely: can I have this too, please?

I saw somewhere an offer of donuts for Bob. I'll provide the sprinkles if this feature gets added.

Posted at 7:37pm on March 23, 2009

May I Nth this idea ?

For me at least it doesn't need to be too fancy - I'd be happy with the current 'global' reminders plus the ability to adjust the lead time on a reminder by reminder basis.

Posted at 10:35pm on March 23, 2009

faviomasulli

I agree totally,

individual reminders would help greatly.

You could set them up like you do now, then just add tick boxes in the edits of individual tasks, going "email" "mobile", etc...

It would also help greatly if we could adjust the reminder timeframe indivually (I might need a reminder a month in advance for a someday/maybe consideration, others just a day in advance of the actual cue day.)

Posted at 6:26am on March 28, 2009