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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, grocery trips at not crowded hours, etc. so there are times when I catch up on email after work hours. However, I don't want to send those emails immediately and invade the private time of others. I have searched and searched and cannot find a solution to unilaterally defer / delay sending emails after a set time or outside of work hours. I can't just turn off send/receive, and while it's possible to delay each email, it's tedious. Any suggestions? Would be a nice feature to add - do not send outside work hours, do not receive outside work hours, do not send during these times, do not receive during these times - with so many folks working from home and trying to establish personal space.
There's nothing built-in for such scenarios. You can hit the "work offline" button or delay individual messages, but that's about it.
Hi hndodds,
not what you want but it can make you life a bit easier: SetDeliveryTime add-in.
Unfortunately you still have to toggle delay delivery for each email manually.
- That looks like it will save about 4 mouse clicks each time though, thanks.
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.
Just FYI: OffHours for Office 365 can work with the "new" Outlook for Windows.
