Delaying email send in Outlook

re: Delaying email send in Outlook

Martin — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:28:00 GMT

We use exchange 2000 + Outlook 2003 but don't have the option "Check messages before sending". Does this sound right?

re: Delaying email send in Outlook

Larry — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 04:11:00 GMT

I use this feature, but sometimes I want to ignore the delay for a certain message, that is, I want to send it right away. Is this possible?

re: Delaying email send in Outlook

Matt Povey — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:18:00 GMT

Even simpler. Set Outlook not to send automatically. Go to the "Mail Setup" tab in options and deselect "Send Automatically when Connected". Bob's yer uncle, mail sits happily in your Outbox until you go in there and hit Shift f9.

Saved me a few times that. Only problem is the occasions when you forget to shift f9!

re: Delaying email send in Outlook

jaybaz [MS] — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 15:46:00 GMT

Larry: With the message open, click on Options on the toolbar. There's a "Don't send before". Uncheck it.

That should do the trick.

re: Delaying email send in Outlook

Prasanna — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:07:00 GMT

Another option is to remove the To, Cc (and Bcc) lists while writing the message. Even if you accidentally hit Send, it won't go. Once you are sure you want to send it, fill them back in. No messing around with options.

re: Delaying email send in Outlook

Sam — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:07:00 GMT

for me step 4 was

Check Messages after Sending

Also (for Larry) I add an exclusion on the "Are there any exceptions" step. Click the first box "except if the subject contains specific words" add the word qq in and then the mail will be sent immediately if you have a subject like "Here is the emergency patch - qq"