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"Send only" account in Office 2019 not working
I'd like to be able to send, but not receive, e-mails from my University account. It's a Microsoft account but with a @universityname.ac.uk suffix. It uses dual authentication and I wonder if that ma...
Forgive me but I cannot imagine why somebody needs a send-only account. Are you a spammer?
Hi Victor,
I appreciate it is an odd request. I want to be able to toggle my account to send only because I want to be able to 'batch process' my e-mails to increase efficiency.
In the morning, I want to be able to open my inbox and look all the e-mails from the day before that I've not been able to deal with. But I don't want to get distracted by new e-mails coming in. I want to be able to respond to the e-mails I've received form the day before (i.e. send) but not receive until later in the day. If I don't check my new e-mails until after midday, then it gives me some quiet time in the morning to do other tasks. The authors of this book discuss this idea: https://maketime.blog/
The option is there in Outlook, which makes me think some other people must do this!
Many thanks!
Brian
I appreciate it is an odd request. I want to be able to toggle my account to send only because I want to be able to 'batch process' my e-mails to increase efficiency.
In the morning, I want to be able to open my inbox and look all the e-mails from the day before that I've not been able to deal with. But I don't want to get distracted by new e-mails coming in. I want to be able to respond to the e-mails I've received form the day before (i.e. send) but not receive until later in the day. If I don't check my new e-mails until after midday, then it gives me some quiet time in the morning to do other tasks. The authors of this book discuss this idea: https://maketime.blog/
The option is there in Outlook, which makes me think some other people must do this!
Many thanks!
Brian
- Ah, now I understood. In fact you don't need a send-only account, you need to receive the messages by a schedule. If you run your Outlook against Exchange online (Office 365), you can create a Power Automate flow that will do what you want.
- Thanks Victor,
Is that possible with Outlook 2019? Could you send me a link to some instructions?
Many thanks,
Brian- No it's not possible natively. You have to write a Power Automate flow yourself or hire somebody.