Features & Integrations
How to create and use Follow Up Reminders in Polymail
Last updated on 24 Oct, 2025
With Polymail, you can set Follow Up Reminders while sending a message to bring it back to your inbox if no one's replied within a certain time.
To create a Follow Up Reminder:
Start a new email draft
Fill out your recipient, subject (if applicable), and body of your email.
Before sending it or scheduling it with our Send Later feature, click the "Follow Up" button you see to the left of Send Later and Send buttons.

A new window will appear with scheduling options for your reminder. If you're using our iOS app, it will look like this:

If you're using Polymail Web or our Desktop app, our semantic date entry feature will allow you some more flexibility in your scheduling:

For example:

Select when you would like to receive your reminder and you'll see the Follow Up button will change color:

Once you send your email, you'll see your message appear in our Follow Up folder in the left side bar, along with the follow up date and time you've scheduled:

If your recipient doesn't respond to your email before your scheduled time, this message will pop back into your inbox with a pink dot next to it so you can remember to follow up:

Forgot to add a follow up reminder? No worries! You now have the option to add a follow-up message after you have already sent an email.
On Web/Desktop, click the three dots next to reply, reply all, forward, and share buttons and select Add Follow Up from the menu that appears.

On iOS, click the three dots under the date/timestamp:

A pop up will appear with the option to add the follow up reminder:
