How do I pre date the sending of an email so it delivers on a certain date?
I wish to write a bunch of emails at once, but have them deliver at different dates in the future. Can I do this in Thunderbird? I know I used to be able to do it in Outlook, but I can't seem to find the option in Thunderbird. Thanks.
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It's called Send Later. Ctrl+shift+return, or look for it in the Write window's menu under File.
The basic functionality in Thunderbird just defers sending indefinitely, nagging you when you close and open it about unsent messages. These are parked in your Outbox.
If you want to schedule a send, then you need the Send Later 3 add-on.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/send-later-3/
The gotcha is that it uses Thunderbird to send the message, so you have to have Thunderbird running, your computer up and running and the internet connected at the appointed time.
I suspect that with Outlook, it actually delegates this task to the Exchange server, so once you have set it up, you can switch off and forget about it.
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It's called Send Later. Ctrl+shift+return, or look for it in the Write window's menu under File.
The basic functionality in Thunderbird just defers sending indefinitely, nagging you when you close and open it about unsent messages. These are parked in your Outbox.
If you want to schedule a send, then you need the Send Later 3 add-on.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/send-later-3/
The gotcha is that it uses Thunderbird to send the message, so you have to have Thunderbird running, your computer up and running and the internet connected at the appointed time.
I suspect that with Outlook, it actually delegates this task to the Exchange server, so once you have set it up, you can switch off and forget about it.
Thanks much.