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Option to have the task name as the email subject (one task per reminder email)

dougal.phillips says:

Hi Emily and co.,

I suggest you make the task name the subject of email reminders. I want to be able to see the reminder content ASAP.

At the moment, at first glance at my inbox and I see "Reminders for Wed, November 26 2008, 4:50pm" as the header of the task that I've just been notified of. At 4:50pm on 26 November 2008 when I hear my phone go beep and I check the email, this information is superfluous! I know the time, just tell me the task.

Put the time information in the actual email itself, *after* the task information. Remember, most important information first.

What I want is, phone goes beep, I check email, and first thing I see is "Pick up dry cleaning" or whatever in the subject line. This is how Google Calendar reminders work, how I Want Sandy used to work (R.I.P.) and how GoPingMe works.

Don't make open the email and scan through all the repetitive stuff ("This task is due now:" etc). Just remind me of the task. Make the email subject relevant.

Posted at 6:13am on November 26, 2008

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john.buginas says:

I agree. I'm new here from the former iWantSandy and I like to see the subject containing the, well, subject of the reminder.

Posted 3 years ago

dougal.phillips says:

Hi again,

Just re-read this post and have to apologise for being a total Nazi. "Do this, do that!" Dear me.

I was pretty peeved about iwantsandy shutting down suddenly and it looks like it came out in my prose. Hope it didn't rattle anyone too much.

Meekly yours,

Dougal

Posted 3 years ago

glenn.crumpley says:

Just want to add my vote for this.
Unfortunately, I see this is not a very popular post so there may not be enough demand to implement it.

I also get reminders from Backpack and the one thing I really like about them is that the task IS the subject of the reminder.

I hope someone picks this up.

Glenn

Posted 2 years ago

thatgirl says:

Big, big +1

I know that the reminder emails sometimes contain multiple tasks, which poses a problem -- but I would prefer one email per task anyway -- that way I can delete the individual email when the individual task is complete. Some people may like the way it is, so it could be a user choice:

__ Combined reminders: 1 email reminder containing all tasks due that day

__ Individual reminders: 1 email reminder per task, with the task name in the subject

The task name should be first in the subject line, or nearly so -- for example:

RTM Reminder: Wash the car - Sat April 4 @ 10 am

Posted 2 years ago

flez says:

This would be especially awsome for mobile phones.. right now my phone pings me when reminder e-mails come in (IMAP). However, only the subject is shown and I need to download the body to see what the task is.

Reminders for multiple tasks could just say "RTM: Multiple tasks" or similar.

Thanks for the great product!

Posted 2 years ago

davidbessler Pro says:

Ditto:

[ ] 1 email per task
[ ] task name as subject

Posted 2 years ago

jalm1 Pro says:

This is my single BIGGEST complaint with RTM. Show me the task name in the subject of the email. Otherwise the email is just useless, and is driving to find another service. Please change this. If the excuse is "what about multiple tasks due at the same time" Send EACH task as email. As it is now, I have to set my tasks due 5 min apart from each other to get them in one email each.

Posted 2 years ago

erikajurney says:

Yes yes yes - big vote for this! The emails would be sooo much more useful.

Posted 8 months ago

sai.gadwale says:

Absolutely agree with this suggestion.

Posted 7 months ago

afgane says:

+1, actually +10

Posted 7 months ago

tim.pryor says:

+100000
I want to switch from Highrise for my tasks, but this is the biggest impediment.
This would be really easy to implement and would make RTM way more useful.

Posted 16 weeks ago

paubolix Pro says:

+100000 from me.

Why there are no new features for a long time? (Yes. the Android-App is new and awesome, but nothing new in browser)

Can this small request not be implemented? Please please!!!

Posted 8 weeks ago

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