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Delay sending a message

Delay sending a message - Outlook Tutorial

From the course: Outlook: Tips and Tricks

Delay sending a message

- [Instructor] Even though I'm creating this message in the middle of the night, I actually don't need Reggie to see it until Monday morning when Reggie gets to work at 8:00 AM. Now, in the past I think people just sent messages whenever they were done but there appears to be an increased sensitivity to getting email and calls, and everything else during the hours that we're not working. So I can schedule the send of this message not just to accommodate Reggie's schedule, but because it's polite, and it takes me a few seconds. On the options tab of the message, I choose schedule now, and I actually choose a time when I would like that to be sent now. Normally, what's offered to me is the next two mornings at 8:00 AM but tomorrow is Saturday, the next day Sunday. So I really want to choose the 24th at 8:00 AM and set that up. My choice from here is send or schedule send, which is where I just was by the…

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