Adding a Send Delay to outgoing emails on the New Outlook

Anonymous
2023-10-04T13:36:08+00:00

Hello!

On the "Old version" of Outlook, it was relatively straightforward to add a send delay of, for example, 1 minute to outgoing emails, where the email is automatically stored in "Outgoing messages" for 1 minute before it is sent to the recipient. During this time you could make any changes to the email - re-read it, check and correct potential typos, etc. This could be done via a custom rule.

However, in the "New Outlook", this functionality appears to be removed. I was able to find an option to "Undo Send" for 10 seconds after send-out, however, 10 seconds isn't a lot of time.

Is it possible to add a send-delay to outgoing email in the "New Outlook" or was this functionality removed from the software?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-05T19:01:39+00:00

    I agree. I would like the ability for the draft to stay in my outbox or drafts for 30s-1 min in case I have anything additional to add or consider.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-04T09:13:39+00:00

    Agree with all the previous users. To date, this is the only missing feature I have found that is holding me back from using the new outlook. Hopefully it'll be developed soon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-02T17:33:41+00:00

    Yes, this is a good option to have. But it requires selecting a specific send time for every email, which is not realistic. The option in Old Outlook could automatically delay the send by x minutes. This would allow you to go in to the Outbox and edit an email before it was sent, if you realized you needed to make a change. But if no change was needed, it would automatically get sent.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-02T17:07:04+00:00

    Summarizing previous posters in this thread as info seems to be scattered across many messages. For now, New Outlook has only two options for delaying send, and neither is as nice as in "old" Outlook.

    "Undo send" works for all messages, but is limited to max 10 second delay:

    "Schedule send" permits unlimited delay, but requires manual intervention on every single message:

    "Old" Outlook permits a rule with arbitrarily long send delay which applies to all messages:

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-02T16:01:36+00:00

    I found the Schedule Send on the New Outlook that would allow you to delay your sending of emails.

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