Outlook Rules: Delay Delivery

Because who couldn’t benefit from a moment of pause?

If you’d like to delay your email delivery by 5 minutes, create this Outlook rule. The message will sit in your Outbox for the specified length of time, giving you the necessary time to re-open and, if so warranted, edit the item before re-sending.

Setting a Send Delay Rule in Outlook

1. On the Home Tab click Rules and select Manage Rules & Alerts.
2. Click New Rule. The Rules Wizard  Dialog appears.
3. At the bottom of Step 1: Select a template area, click Apply rule on messages I send, then click Next. The dialog will advance to Step 1: Select conditions.
4. Click Next. A message appears; “This rule will be applied to every message you send. Is this correct?” Click Yes to confirm.
5. In the Step 1: Select action(s) area, check defer deliver by a number of minutes.
6. In the Step 2: Edit the rule description area, click a number of, enter the delay (e.g., 5), then click OK.
7. Click Next. The dialog will advance to Step 1: Select exceptions. Click Next.
8. In the Step 1: Specify a name for this rule, enter a name  (e.g., “Send in 5 minutes”)
9. Check Turn on this Rule, and click Finish.

Cheers!
quincy

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Author: quincy harley jr

Quincy is a technophile, coach and Learning Development expert. He has an extensive legal IT background and is practiced in MS Office application support and product development. As a project leader he has been integral in numerous new application rollouts. Whatever spare time he has, is spent with reading, archery and watching his young sons grow. View all posts by quincy harley jr