Is there any way of sending emails after a certain period of time?What I am asking is there any way of setting the computor to send emails out after a certain period of time instead of them going out instantaneously.

Depends on the email client, have a look for a "work offline" type of entry in the menus, when you change to online it should send

Also which email client?

Do you mean timed, so that you write a mail and then set when it is to go - like 3pm next Friday?

If so, not with most mail clients but it's a relatively easy programming excercise for someone to do.

Outlook has this ability.

Having created an email ..
Click on "Options" and you will see "Do not deliver before:".
Click the checkbox and enter a time and date.

If you have Outlook (not express), compose a message then click on the OPTIONS button.

Under DELIVERY OPTIONS put a tick in "DO NOT DELIVER BEFORE" and enter the time and day you want to send it.

Outlook has this ability.

Having created an email ..
Click on "Options" and you will see "Do not deliver before:".
Click the checkbox and enter a time and date.

Ooh....that I've never found! I really should go and furtle Outlook more often. Is this a new option? Last time I used Outlook extensively was in the days of Outlook 97...

I guess things have probably moved on. :D

Thanks for that, guys!!

Probably not what you wanted but worth looking at and you don't have to send it to yourself.

http://www.futureme.org/

Anyway, there some funny ones on there like:

Dear futureMe,

Duck now!

Outlook has this ability.


Linux has this ability.

Linux has this ability.

Go on then ... I'm all ears.

Go on then ... I'm all ears.

Well, there are a million different ways to do it and even more depending on the client you use, but the most simple would be to schedule a job with the 'at' command.

at 7pm
at> ./send-email.sh

I'm pretty sure ( not 100% though ) that the outlook, do not deliver before feature, only works with the exchange mail server...

I'm pretty sure ( not 100% though ) that the outlook, do not deliver before feature, only works with the exchange mail server...

Of COURSE.. it IS Outlook.. what do you expect? :p

I think you're right.. do not *send* before would be what you'd expect. Do not *deliver* before is a mailserver instruction.

I'm pretty sure ( not 100% though ) that the outlook, do not deliver before feature, only works with the exchange mail server...

Not true. I've just tested it on Outlook 2003 (no exchange server):

I created the mail, told it to send at 10am.

Did a send/receive and it's still sat in my Outbox.

I'll post the results after 10am!

Update, it did send the mail at 10am.