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How do I use Smart Follow-ups?

With Smart Follow-ups, Mailbutler helps you stay ahead of important conversations by reviewing your tracked email activity and suggesting which emails may need your attention, so you can follow up at the right time and never miss a valuable opportunity.

Last updated on 14 Aug, 2026

How do I use Smart Follow-ups?

  1. Open the Mailbutler Sidebar.

  2. Go to the Home tab.

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  1. Open the Email Tracking widget.

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  1. Smart Follow-up suggestions are marked with low, medium, or high urgency. You can also view the reason for each urgency level.

Follow-up suggestions directly in your sidebar

  1. To manually flag a tracked email that has not been suggested as a Smart Follow-up by Mailbutler, click the three dots next to the email and select Mark as follow up.

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  1. Select Follow-up from the list to view all Follow-ups.

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  1. Click the three dots next to the email you want to follow up on.

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  1. Select Compose follow-up email.

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  1. Smart Assistant will generate a drafted follow-up email. Select Open draft to open the message in a new compose window.

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  1. To mark a follow-up as completed, click the three dots next to the email and select Mark as followed-up.

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How do I customize Smart Follow-ups?

  1. Open Account & Preferences.

  2. Go to General.

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  1. Under Smart follow-ups, you can enable or disable Use smart follow-up suggestions and choose the minimum urgency when manually marking an email as follow-up.

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  1. Under Smart follow-up rules, you can choose which email-tracking behaviors Mailbutler should consider when suggesting follow-ups and adjust their thresholds.

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