Is there a way to send a delayed email with Gmail or any other mail client?
I would like to be able to select a time delay before clicking send and then the message would not actually be sent for a certain period of time.
Is there a way to send a delayed email with Gmail or any other mail client?
I would like to be able to select a time delay before clicking send and then the message would not actually be sent for a certain period of time.
Is there a way to send a delayed email with gmail or any other mail client?
You can do this with Thunderbird 2 and the Send Later addon, here's a step-by-step tutorial:
How to Send an Email at a Specific Time in the Future Using Mozilla Thunderbird.
Thunderbird is free open source software (FOSS), a portable version is available here.
Outlook, for some versions already, can delay the sending of emails. This is done in the Message Options:
And of course, you can retrieve Google Mail's messages without problems using Outlook.
You could try Boomerang for Gmail. It allows you to schedule an email in Gmail to be sent later and set easy email reminders. It is a Chrome and Firefox extension/addon.
Despite requests for this feature since 2009, the Gmail team refused to implement it.
There are however browser extensions and apps that let you schedule new emails or replies:
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. The message won't end up in your Gmail Sent folder, but you have an option to BCC yourself. Least recommended.(Cross-posted from my WebApps.SE answer)
In GMail, currently no (although I could've swear there was something like that in the Labs). But, you can always save your email as draft until you're ready to send it.
I create the email I want to send, save it as a draft (including any attachments, etc.), then I set a calendar entry to remind me to send the email on a specific day/time. This way I don't have to create it when I need it, and if I'm mobile on my iPhone (or any smart phone), I just have to go to my drafts folder, open the message and hit send when I get the appointment reminder. Almost as good as send later.
Gmail-delay-send is a script you can install and use to send mail in gmail at a time in the future. I use it and I like it. Here is the home page: https://code.google.com/p/gmail-delay-send/
Tweak Master's House of Useful Tricks has a great blog post comparing a few different methods for sending delayed gmail, including Gmail-delay-send and Boomerang: http://tweakmasters.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-schedule-e-mail-sending-with.html
Another third party tool I found that looks like it will work: http://www.rightinbox.com/.
I have modified the Formmail script from Matt's Script Archive to provide a scheduled email delivery for users on an apache web server. For any sysadmin interested in trying this go to
http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dbowler/delaymail/