Outlook - Delay Sending of Emails
  • 31 Aug 2021
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Outlook - Delay Sending of Emails

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Article Summary

This article will take you through the steps neccasary to delay sending of emails sent from your Outlook desktop app, except when the message is marked as high importance.
This will be achieved via Outlook Rules and is handy if you often want to recall a message as this allows you to review the mesasge from your Outbox in that brief "oops" moment you get after pressing send.

Usage Notes

-This Outlook Rule only works when sending from an Outlook Desktop Application installed on your Desktop/Laptop machine.
-This Rule will not work when sending from a mobile device or from Outlook Web Access.

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook

  2. Go to 'File' > 'Manage Rules & Alerts'
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  3. Follow along with the below (Don't worry if you miss a step the video continously loops.)

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