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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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-26T09:27:15+00:00

    I think I might have found a way to do this but I am not sure what version of Outlook I am on as it baffles me if Microsoft don't know this themselves....

    You can set up a mailbox rule for all messages you send.

    Home > Rules > Manage Rules & Alerts > New Rule

    Choose "Apply rule on messages I send" and press Next, then next again (i.e. don't select a condition).

    Outlook will flag that this rule will apply to All messages you send and ask if you want to continue.

    When at the next step "What do you want to do with the message?", you can choose to delay delivery by a set number of minutes.

    UPDATED to include image of Rules Wizard.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-26T10:24:35+00:00

    Wow ... that simple. I will try it. Great suggestion

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-26T10:32:59+00:00

    Wow ... that simple. I will try it. Great suggestion

    Exactly what I thought - it is possible that this won't meet some user's requirements as I am not sure if it will work with mailboxes and/or automations/add ins etc.

    Also should note that it may not be reflected in OWA or if sending emails from a mobile device.

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