Delaying emails and time/date actually sent.

[StargateFan]

I thought that the delay was a way of composing emails while the
information was fresh and then delaying them to be sent so that one's
life was easier. But then I ran into the difficulty that the delay
only delayed when it was sent. The emails were date stamped when they
were created not when they were sent. To me that makes no sense, I
might as well just send the emails before they're supposed to go! <g>

Is there a way to get that delay feature to work but that shows the
date/time as soon after we schedule the emails to be sent? i.e., if I
log on to my computer at the office at Feb.18 9:05 and I've set the
delay for 9:00, it'll just show Feb.18 9:05 a.m. (even though the
email to be delayed was created, say, Feb.17 at 8:30 p.m.)?

Thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you would need to use task scheduler - there is sample code at
outlookcode.com that can do it.

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[StargateFan]

you would need to use task scheduler - there is sample code at
outlookcode.com that can do it.

I've tried various searches, but all I seem to come up with is:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/skedrpt.htm

I have been using a workaround of my own but it lacks one thing, a
send button.

What I've been doing up till now till I figure out a better way is to
compose the message, close it while saving it so that it stays in my
Drafts folder then moving the message from the Drafts folder to my
inbox. I then put a flagged message for next day. Clunky but it
works except that the message opens up without the ability to send.
So then I must copy it to the inbox again so that get a copy with a
send button. I then send that way and delete the draft.

There must be a better way. I actually could live with the above if
there was a way to send the opened message.

Hope that my explanation above was clear enough. If anyone has any
suggestions, or the actual URL perhaps of the code Diane was speaking
about, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks. D

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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I thought that the delay was a way of composing emails while the
information was fresh and then delaying them to be sent so that one's
life was easier. But then I ran into the difficulty that the delay
only delayed when it was sent. The emails were date stamped when they
were created not when they were sent. To me that makes no sense, I
might as well just send the emails before they're supposed to go! <g>

Is there a way to get that delay feature to work but that shows the
date/time as soon after we schedule the emails to be sent? i.e., if I
log on to my computer at the office at Feb.18 9:05 and I've set the
delay for 9:00, it'll just show Feb.18 9:05 a.m. (even though the
email to be delayed was created, say, Feb.17 at 8:30 p.m.)?

Thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

that's the only code I'm aware of that will send it later without user
intervention and show the actual sent time on the message.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

you would need to use task scheduler - there is sample code at
outlookcode.com that can do it.

I've tried various searches, but all I seem to come up with is:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/skedrpt.htm

I have been using a workaround of my own but it lacks one thing, a
send button.

What I've been doing up till now till I figure out a better way is to
compose the message, close it while saving it so that it stays in my
Drafts folder then moving the message from the Drafts folder to my
inbox. I then put a flagged message for next day. Clunky but it
works except that the message opens up without the ability to send.
So then I must copy it to the inbox again so that get a copy with a
send button. I then send that way and delete the draft.

There must be a better way. I actually could live with the above if
there was a way to send the opened message.

Hope that my explanation above was clear enough. If anyone has any
suggestions, or the actual URL perhaps of the code Diane was speaking
about, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks. D

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

I thought that the delay was a way of composing emails while the
information was fresh and then delaying them to be sent so that one's
life was easier. But then I ran into the difficulty that the delay
only delayed when it was sent. The emails were date stamped when they
were created not when they were sent. To me that makes no sense, I
might as well just send the emails before they're supposed to go! <g>

Is there a way to get that delay feature to work but that shows the
date/time as soon after we schedule the emails to be sent? i.e., if I
log on to my computer at the office at Feb.18 9:05 and I've set the
delay for 9:00, it'll just show Feb.18 9:05 a.m. (even though the
email to be delayed was created, say, Feb.17 at 8:30 p.m.)?

Thanks.