Adding Emails to To-Do Items in Office 365 - A Better Way?

[ivory kestrel]

Hi all,

I'm seeking a more efficient way to add emails to To-Do items in Office 365. Currently, I have to save the email and then attach it as a file, which seems cumbersome. With Office 365 being cloud-based, I'm wondering if there's a way to utilize the email URL to link it to a To-Do item. That is, copy paste the URL into the To Do item's details section instead of attaching the email.

However, when I copy and paste the email URL from my browser, it doesn't open directly to the email; instead, it opens Outlook's inbox, archive, or other folders depending on where the email was located when I copied the URL.

Example URLs:

https://outlook.office365.com/mail/inbox/id/asdfasdfasdfasdfasdf87ry0187ryh08quh4r038297nry038247ryn082347ryn083274ryn
https://outlook.office365.com/mail/archive/id/asdfasdfasdfasdfasdf87ry0187ryh08quh4r038297nry038247ryn082347ryn083274ryn
https://outlook.office365.com/mail/sentitems/id/asdfasdfasdfasdfasdf87ry0187ryh08quh4r038297nry038247ryn082347ryn083274ryn

I miss the simplicity of the old Windows desktop version of Outlook, where I could simply drag and drop files into a task item without having to download or attach them (done via the Tasks feature).

To Do is cool, but the more I use it, the more I deeply miss Tasks for power user stuff.

Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,
Eric

[small ridge]

Just clicking the red flag 🚩 next to any email automatically adds that email to the ToDo app and links back to the email by URL

[ivory kestrel]

I see, but I enjoy documenting the emails within one single To Do item... so i have a history of all the emails including the most current.

[small ridge]

Your emails don't need copied to a 2nd place to have a history of them

But I hope you find something you like