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hndodds
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May 12, 2020
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Set Off-Hours for Outlook to Receive and not Send

I'm working from home for the foreseeable future and have a regulatory job where I need to be able to receive emails 24/7 as a backup to other means. I'm also working around kids' school schedules, g...
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Victor_Ivanidze
Bronze Contributor
May 14, 2020

Hi hndodds,

 

I'm going to release an add-in for Outlook that will fully implement your requirements. I hope it will take about a week. I'll inform you (and others) here.

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belloeg
Copper Contributor
Jan 13, 2021

Hello Victor_Ivanidze,

 

Have your already developed the add-in? I am going crazy looking for answers on how to stop receiving and sending message around the complete organization out of working hours.

 

Thanks a lot!!

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      InesPS
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 28, 2023
      I love this development. But the fact that it adds a specific subject to the sent emails in off hours, gives away the whole point of the application!
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        InesP400
        Copper Contributor
        May 11, 2023
        I would love to. But company policy won’t let me buy software outside of our IT services.
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      Heukel1214
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 06, 2023
      Victor Ivanidze
      When I try to send a message after hours that's qued in the outbox for the next delivery day, the subject line of the email contains [OffHoursDEMO] Can I somehow get that to disappear for any messages that I decide I want to send immediately even if it's after hours?
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      travisdy
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 20, 2021

      Victor_Ivanidze Does this work when using the Outlook Mobile app?

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        Victor_Ivanidze
        Bronze Contributor
        Jan 20, 2021

        Hi travisdy,

         

        no, the add-in is compatible only with Outlook for Windows.

         

        In theory you can create a Power Automate flow with the same functionality that will work with any e-mail client.

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