Create now, send later (en masse)

[Guest]

Hi all,

I'm using an addon to create 1000's of messages (saved into Drafts) that
need to be sent later.

Is there a way to manually send the messages some time after they have been
created? I've tried copying them to the outbox but this doesn't do it.

Ideally our night shift person would logon to the account and send them all
at the desired time.

 

[Pat Willener]

Why not leave them in the Drafts folder?

You can also set them to automatically send at a later time (View,
Options, Do not deliver before...).

 

[Guest]

Why not leave them in the Drafts folder?

That's exactly what the addin does. To send them we have to open each one up
and click send.

How can we send them all at once? (Sorry, didn't explain very well in my
orignal post)

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The alternative to doing it manually is to write code to iterate the Drafts folder with a countdown loop and execute the Send method on each item. Maybe that could be another button on your add-in: Send Now.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm using an addon to create 1000's of messages (saved into Drafts)
that need to be sent later.

Is there a way to manually send the messages some time after they
have been created? I've tried copying them to the outbox but this
doesn't do it.

Ideally our night shift person would logon to the account and send
them all at the desired time.

Why not disable automatic send/receive and immediate send when connected.
Then send your messages. They'll sit in the Outbox until someone presses
Send/Receive.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Why not leave them in the Drafts folder?

Messages won't send from the Drafts folder, only the Outbox.

You can also set them to automatically send at a later time (View,
Options, Do not deliver before...).

RIght, but they'll sit in Outbox until the time comes.