Microsoft Outlook is one of the most widely used emailing platforms. Outlook is not only being used by Windows users but also equally used by Mac users. For Mac users, Outlook has many various features including Delay/Schedule emails feature. This new feature is available in Outlook for Office 365 for Mac, Outlook 2019 for Mac and Outlook 2016 for Mac and later. If you have configured Outlook 365 on your Mac and want to delay or schedule email messages, here we will provide you a short guide that will help you to do that.
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Schedule Sending Email Message If you have subscribed with newsletters than you will obtain updated news in your main inbox folder daily. This is generated by publisher they create a new one day before and send it immediately, but it does not deliver at that time because they have set the rule in Outlook.
Note: Currently this feature is available only in Outlook 365, Outlook2016 and Outlook2019. How to Schedule a message to be sent later? By following the below given steps you may easily schedule email message in Outlook for Mac. • Open your Outlook account on your Mac.
• Compose your email message and add one or more recipient names on the “ To:” line. • On the “ Send” button, choose the dropdown arrow > Send Later. • Enter a time and date to schedule. • Click “ Send” doing so will save the message in the “ Drafts” folder until the mentioned date and time. It will be automatically sent even if Outlook is not open on your Mac. How to cancel a message scheduled to be sent later?
If you want to delay the message in Outlook on your Mac, follow the below given steps to do that. • Open your Outlook account on your Mac. • In the “ Drafts” folder, open the email message and then choose “ Cancel Send.” • To confirm, click “ Yes”, doing so will remain the message open so you can send it immediately or delay it until another time.
This is how you may easily delay/schedule sending or email messages in your Outlook account on your Mac.
When you are working in different time zone and trying to send someone email in the midnight but you don’t want to disturb them in the middle of night with email notification. You can utilize the Outlook useful functions by schedule or delay the email sending time with few simple steps. Here how to delay or schedule sending email on Outlook Delay sending of email on outlook (single email): • Launch Microsoft outlook and create a new email or message by adding the recipient email address. • Click on Options tab and select Delay Delivery. • In the Properties dialog box, check the box Do not deliver before under Delivery options and select your requested delivery date and time from the drop down list. • Then click close button to save the setting.
• Click Send and you will noticed the message will keep staying at email outbox folder until setting delay time runs out. *Note, delay sending email function will not be activate send at the specified setting time unless Outlook is open for those IMAP and POP3 file format. Delay sending of email on outlook (all email). • In Outlook, click on File at the top left corner.
• Click Manage Rules & Alerts on the backstage screen. • Click the New Rule under E-mail Rules tab, a Rules Wizard dialog box will be pop up. • Click Apply rule on messages I send under Start from a blank rule on Step 1.
You will see your selection will be display on Step 2 and then click Next. • In the next screen, you can select any conditions you want to apply in Step 1 by check the box. If not, you may click Next button without selecting any conditions. A confirmation dialog message will pop up to asking if you want to apply this rule to all message you send. Just simply click Yes.
• At new Rules Wizard, tick the defer delivery by a number of minutes box on Step 1. • Step 2 will reflect your selection and click on the words a number of with underline. Editing your ideal time directly in the field and click The maximum time setting is 120 minutes. • Once done, the scheduled time will replaced in next screen, then click Next. • To finish the setting, name the rule in Step 1 and don’t forget check the Turn on this rule box, then click Finish. • Now, all your message will be delay sending out with this setting. Here how to delay or schedule sending email on Outlook If sometimes you realize the urgency and wish to send email immediately especially someone needs that file or document right now, you no need to wait for the delay time runs out and directly change the setting by deliver the email message immediately.