# E-mail automatic timer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-automatic-timer/615740>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 14, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-automatic-timer/615740 "2012-03-14T13:55:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-automatic-timer/615740/1 "2012-03-14T13:55:13Z")

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Is there is an e-mail program out there where you can set an auto response for a particular person in a specific amount of time? So that you can send them reminders in say, two months, when it’s time for their next appointment.

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-automatic-timer/615740/2 "2012-03-14T16:50:21Z")

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I bet you could jerry rig it using google calendar.

You’d have to make an event 2 months out and have it send a reminder e-mail.

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**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-automatic-timer/615740/3 "2012-03-14T17:00:42Z")

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> [@FriarTed](#):
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> Is there is an e-mail program out there where you can set an auto response for a particular person in a specific amount of time? So that you can send them reminders in say, two months, when it’s time for their next appointment.

[memotome.com](http://www.memotome.com/) seems like it fits your description, although I’ve not used it.

I have used [nudgemail](http://www.nudgemail.com/) to email me at the appointed time with the body of the email containing the reminder text and the email address to which to send it. That way I would be reminded of the pending task. But you could accomplish this by including both the remindee and yourself on the auto-reminder, thus cutting out a step.