What does an exclamation mark mean in the Windows 8.1 Mail App?

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Yesterday, I got an email from my university about a library workshop. I checked it in the Windows 8.1 Mail App. The email came with an exclamation mark in the top right corner.

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What does the exclamation mark mean, and can I remove it? It's the only email in my inbox with that. The email's not flagged, and it's not spam. Everything in the email loaded correctly, so it's not causing problems. I googled "windows 8.1 mail app exclamation mark", but I didn't find anything related. My guess is that it's either a sync problem or somehow a high priority email.

DragonautX

Posted 2016-10-18T17:04:27.013

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1It means the email was sent as "high-importance". You cannot remove it because its meta-data of the email itself. – Ramhound – 2016-10-18T17:23:04.163

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It means the email was sent as "High Priority", set by the sender.

In case you want to start setting priorities on your own email, you can use this info from Mail app for Windows 8.1 - How to change the message priority:

The Mail app of Windows 8.1 allows you to change the priority of your messages. This will allow the e-mail recipients to easily identify important email messages as indicators will be displayed next to them. To change the priority of a message:

• Click on the More button (located below the CC field).

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• Click on the Priority menu and make your selection:

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Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007

Posted 2016-10-18T17:04:27.013

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1Ya, you're right. I can set priority when I send mail in the app. Can't remove it, but I'm supposed not to then haha. Thanks! – DragonautX – 2016-10-18T17:12:04.690

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