Delay sending messages from Outbox

L

Lisa

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Email Client: pop

In outlook there was a feature to set length of time outgoing messages stayed in Outbox. Right now my messages are sending instantly. Does Entourage have this feature?
 
M

Michel Bintener

If you hit the Send Later button, your current message will be placed in the
outbox and will only be sent if you click the Send/Receive button or if a
schedule is set to send outgoing messages.

Alternatively, you could give Paul Berkowitz's free AppleScript 'Delayed
Send' a try:

<http://scriptbuilders.net/files/delayedsendentourage1.0.html>


Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Email Client: pop

In outlook there was a feature to set length of time outgoing messages stayed
in Outbox. Right now my messages are sending instantly. Does Entourage have
this feature?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
 
L

Lisa

If you hit the Send Later button, your current message will be placed in the
outbox and will only be sent if you click the Send/Receive button or if a
schedule is set to send outgoing messages.

Alternatively, you could give Paul Berkowitz's free AppleScript 'Delayed
Send' a try:




On 14/04/08 21:26, in article [email protected]9absDaxw,
:

&gt; Version: 2008
&gt; Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
&gt; Email Client: pop
&gt;
&gt; In outlook there was a feature to set length of time outgoing messages stayed
&gt; in Outbox. Right now my messages are sending instantly. Does Entourage have
&gt; this feature?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
Thanks much. This is just what I needed.
 
L

Loudes

In Outlook there was a request for message call back. For in case the sender sends an email to the wrong person .. Does Entourage have these help??
 
M

Michel Bintener

This question has nothing to do with the original message; please do not
hijack posts.

That being said: no, this feature is not available in Entourage.


In Outlook there was a request for message call back. For in case the sender
sends an email to the wrong person .. Does Entourage have these help??

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
 
S

Scott

Good answer! and to follow-up...

In Entourage 2008 there is no "Send Later" button but only a "Send Later"
menu entry from the Message selection when a new email message is being
composed.

Is it possible to add this "Send Later" selection, as a button to the main
toolbar or the toolbar on new email messages?
 
M

Michel Bintener

Hi,

yes, the Send Later button can be added to the toolbar. I must have done so
the minute I installed Office 2008 and forgotten about the fact that it is
not visible by default. Just ctrl-/right-click the toolbar and select
Customize Toolbar to add it to your own toolbar.


Good answer! and to follow-up...

In Entourage 2008 there is no "Send Later" button but only a "Send Later"
menu entry from the Message selection when a new email message is being
composed.

Is it possible to add this "Send Later" selection, as a button to the main
toolbar or the toolbar on new email messages?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
 
E

Ed Kimball

Hi,

yes, the Send Later button can be added to the toolbar. I must have done so
the minute I installed Office 2008 and forgotten about the fact that it is
not visible by default. Just ctrl-/right-click the toolbar and select
Customize Toolbar to add it to your own toolbar.

In E2004, cmd-shift-return is equivalent to Send Later. Does that work in
E2008 too?
 
D

Diane Ross

Ed Kimball said:
In E2004, cmd-shift-return is equivalent to Send Later. Does that work in
E2008 too?

Same shortcut, but it just sends at next scheduled send. Not a true delayed
send. IMO
 
E

Ed Kimball

Same shortcut, but it just sends at next scheduled send. Not a true delayed
send. IMO

It works fine if you don't have scheduled sends; just run the Send schedule
when you're ready! :)
OK, I admit that's not the way I usually use Entourage, and I doubt if most
other people do either. But I have occasionally turned off scheduled sends
when I've had a number of messages that I want to send at the same time,
e.g., student grades, which I can't send to a group.
 
M

Midori

Hello!

I'm having the same problem as well. I really liked the "Send Later" feature in the last version I had and I really miss it.

Following your advice, I did "ctrl-/right-click the toolbar and select Customize Toolbar." I looked around and did not see the icon/text for Send Later anywhere. What am I missing?

(I am not too keen on using Draft as the volume of e mails I produce make this inefficient. I could do command-shift-return as was suggested by another post, but I don't trust my non-tech brain to remember this. So I am really really hoping to be reunited with my "Send Later" button in the Toolbar.)

Thank you in advance for helping this tech-idiot!

Midori
 
D

Diane Ross

Midori said:
(I am not too keen on using Draft as the volume of e mails I produce make this
inefficient. I could do command-shift-return as was suggested by another post,
but I don't trust my non-tech brain to remember this. So I am really really
hoping to be reunited with my "Send Later" button in the Toolbar.)

If you want to send at a later date and not the next schedule, you can use a
script.

Delayed Send (Entourage) 1.0

These scripts enable you to save messages to be sent automatically on a date
you choose, or on regular repeat schedules.

<http://scriptbuilders.net/files/delayedsendentourage1.0.html>
 
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