Delayed Delivery

[Art Altenburg]

Is there any way in Windows Mail to "send" a message after a prescribed
delay automatically?

Art

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

There's no feature inside Windows Mail to do so.
Some have used an external timer program to start WM at a
designated time.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

This somewhat awkward workaround works with Outlook Express. I would think
it would work with Vista / WinMail, but I can't test it. Some directions may
be slightly different. Make any WinMail substitutions.

Tools | Options | Send. Uncheck: Send Messages Immediately. In Tools |
Options | Read, Check: Send and receive messages at startup.

Create the message and save it to Drafts temporarily.

Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Scheduled Tasks. Click on
Add New Task | Next | Outlook Express. Follow the prompts and choose One
Time Only. Note that you can right click on Scheduled Tasks and Send To |
Desktop (create shortcut) if you are going to do this often.

Now, at some time before you chose to send the message, you have to close
OE, but leave the computer on. Just before you do, open Drafts and press
Send to put the message in the Outbox. If you have OE configured to poll for
new messages every XX minutes, you will either have to uncheck it, or close
OE quickly as that will send the message also.

When the chosen time arrives, OE will open and send the message.

You will have to go back to Scheduled Tasks and delete the task you created
at some time.

 

[Art Altenburg]

Thanks for your response. I was hoping there would be some way to tell
Windows Mail when to send a specific message, and then just forget about it.
I'll definitely give you suggestion a try, though.

Thanks again,

Art