[GH-ISSUE #222] Tasks created by Marking Mails as Task in Outlook are not synced to nextcloud #1120

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opened 2026-03-14 00:21:14 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-14 00:21:14 +03:00

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Originally created by @1337sup3rh4x0r on GitHub (Feb 23, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aluxnimm/outlookcaldavsynchronizer/issues/222

Hi all,
not sure if this is a bug or just an unsupported feature of Outlook.

In Outlook I can click a red flag next to the email header and it is marked as a task. It then appears in my task list in outlook.
However, these items are not synced to my nextcloud.

I am using Outlook 2016 and latest nextlcoud 12.

Thank you for your awesome work with this piece of software!

Originally created by @1337sup3rh4x0r on GitHub (Feb 23, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aluxnimm/outlookcaldavsynchronizer/issues/222 Hi all, not sure if this is a bug or just an unsupported feature of Outlook. In Outlook I can click a red flag next to the email header and it is marked as a task. It then appears in my task list in outlook. However, these items are not synced to my nextcloud. I am using Outlook 2016 and latest nextlcoud 12. Thank you for your awesome work with this piece of software!

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2026-03-14 00:21:19 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-14 00:21:25 +03:00

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@ingoratsdorf commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2018):

That's an Outlook feature. Outlook has at least two collections for tasks, one is tasks and one is to-do items.
In outlook default setup, both are merged into one view but are two collections. If you move your created to-do item into your synced tasks lists that CalDAVSynchronizer synchronizes, then this should get transferred to nextcloud.
But you'll then loose the metadata and connection to your original email that was part of the original outlook item.
So you kinda downgraded it.

@ingoratsdorf commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2018): That's an Outlook feature. Outlook has at least two collections for tasks, one is tasks and one is to-do items. In outlook default setup, both are merged into one view but are two collections. If you move your created to-do item into your synced tasks lists that CalDAVSynchronizer synchronizes, then this should get transferred to nextcloud. But you'll then loose the metadata and connection to your original email that was part of the original outlook item. So you kinda downgraded it.

kerem commented

2026-03-14 00:21:30 +03:00

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@1337sup3rh4x0r commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2018):

Thanks for the clarification!

So that means there is no automatic way of syncing those To-Do Items as well?
Guess I'll adapt my workflow then :)

@1337sup3rh4x0r commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2018): Thanks for the clarification! So that means there is no automatic way of syncing those To-Do Items as well? Guess I'll adapt my workflow then :)