Schedule emails to send - Computer (2024)

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Will a scheduled email send if Outlook is closed? Yes. Even if you close Outlook, a scheduled email will still be sent at the designated time. This sets the Schedule send feature in the new Outlook apart from the delay delivery feature in classic Outlook, which only operates when Outlook is open.

Will a scheduled email send if Outlook is closed? Yes. Even if you close Outlook, a scheduled email will still be sent at the designated time. This sets the Schedule send feature in the new Outlook apart from the delay delivery feature in classic Outlook, which only operates when Outlook is open.

You can schedule your emails to send at a later time. Scheduled emails may be sent a few minutes after the scheduled time. Important: Your emails will be sent based on the timezone you schedule them in. Want to get more out of Google apps at work or school?

Once the emails are scheduled, the emails will be sent out at the scheduled time and date. It doesn't require a machine, computer, or internet once it's scheduled.

To clarify, Outlook needs to be running in order for delayed delivery to work as intended. If Outlook is not running at the scheduled time, the email will not be sent until you open Outlook.

Warning! A delayed email will only send while Outlook is still open. You must set the sending time for a time when you still have Outlook running. If you try to close Outlook before a delayed message has sent, Outlook will remind you that you have unsent emails in your Outbox.

Can the recipient see when you delay delivery in Gmail? No. Gmail does not specify whether a delivered message has been scheduled or not. So your recipients have no way of knowing that you've written your message in advance.

Under When Outlook is Offline, select the Schedule an automatic send/receive every... check box. Enter a number between 1 and 1440. If you want the send/receive to happen once a day, type 1440.

Will my scheduled email send if my computer is off Gmail? ›

Yes, scheduled emails are queued remotely on email providers' servers and will be transmitted at the designated send time regardless of your device's connectivity. The queued email will send whether you are online, offline, or have your device completely powered down at the scheduled moment.

Outlook for Windows

In the message, click the Options tab. In the More Options group, click Delay Delivery. Under Delivery options, check the box for Do not deliver before, and select a date and time. After you click Send, the message remains in the Outbox folder until the delivery time.

The scheduled email will sit in a folder called Outbox until it is time for it to be sent.

Click on the “Options” tab in the ribbon at the top of the window. In the “Options” tab, click on the “Delay Delivery” button. This will open the “Properties” window for the message. In the “Properties” window, click on the “Do Not Deliver Before” dropdown menu and select the “Recurring” option.

Under When Outlook is Offline, select the Schedule an automatic send/receive every... check box. Enter a number between 1 and 1440. If you want the send/receive to happen once a day, type 1440.

Yes, scheduled emails are queued remotely on email providers' servers and will be transmitted at the designated send time regardless of your device's connectivity. The queued email will send whether you are online, offline, or have your device completely powered down at the scheduled moment.

Client-only rules: These rules only run when Outlook is open and receiving email. You can manually run these rules at any time by going to the “Manage Rules & Alerts” section in the File tab, selecting the desired rules, and clicking "Run Rules Now".

Yes, Gmail sends scheduled emails even when the device which drafted the email has been shut down or has no internet access. Does the "send later" feature in Gmail work if you turn off your computer before it sends? Yes, Once you draft the email and click on send later, you can turn off the computer.