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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?
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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This is an absolutely critical need and should be added as soon as possible, please, to New Outlook.
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.
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.
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.
I found a way to do this:
Account Information>Rules and Alerts>New Rule>
Apply Rule on messages I send>Apply this rule after I sent the message>defer delivery by X minutes (click the number to change the amount)
Make sure no conditions apply to this rule and that it applies to all messages sent and all people sent to. This has worked so far.