# How Could I Receive an Email Notification Every 117 Days? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 1, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673 "2017-05-01T23:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673/1 "2017-05-01T23:16:56Z")
Google Calendar would let me do it every 16 weeks (112 days). I use Windows 7. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673/2 "2017-05-01T23:32:51Z")
There are various ways to do it but here is one application that is free for the purpose you describe. > **[Pricing - Schedule Emails to Send Later, Reminders & Recurring Emails](https://www.rightinbox.com/pricing)** > > Supercharge Gmail with a free account for a trial with 10 emails p/mo. Upgrade to yearly plan for as little as $7.95/month to get access to 10+ features ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673/3 "2017-05-01T23:33:10Z")
You can calculate what those dates would be for x amount of years using this > **[Calculator: Add to or subtract from a date](https://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html)** > > The Date Calculator adds or subtracts days, weeks, months and years from a given date. and then use a couple of services (one for backup) that email the future: > **[FutureMe: Write a Letter to your Future Self](https://www.futureme.org/)** > > Write a letter to the future and read the public (but anonymous) letters from others. FutureMe has been delivering letters to the future for millions of people since 2002. [http://lettertomyfutureself.net/](http://lettertomyfutureself.net/) ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673/4 "2017-05-02T00:05:25Z")
If you access your Google Calendar from another interface like a phone app, you might be able to set the interval to 117 days, free from the arbitrary restrictions of the browser interface. While I access Google Calendar through my computer’s web browser usually, I also have it available on my iPhone’s native calendar app. In that app, I can set a 117-day repeat interval. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673/5 "2017-05-02T01:01:45Z")
Similar to Pasta’s suggestion, you can create it in Google calendar by importing the event if your phone app won’t let you. First, create an .ics file like below. Mine was created in Pacific Time Zone; if you aren’t sure how to adjust it for your zone, export your calendar and use the events there as an example. Once you have the file, click Settings in Google Calendar. Select the Calendars tab, then click Import Calendar halfway down the page. Select your file and import. ```auto BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170501T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170501T210000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=117 DESCRIPTION: LOCATION: SUMMARY:Test reminder BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:EMAIL DESCRIPTION:This is an event reminder SUMMARY:Alarm notification ATTENDEE:mailto:youremail@gmail.com TRIGGER:-P0DT0H30M0S END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR ``` ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673/6 "2017-05-02T19:46:42Z")
I’m not clear why this is a challenge. At those intervals you only have calculate a few dozen or so date separations to cover several decades. Just plug those intervals into google calendar with email notifications. It’s a half hours (or less) work at best. > **[117 days from today](https://www.convertunits.com/dates/daysfromnow/117)** > > Calculate the date that occurs exactly one hundred and seventeen days from today, or include only business days or weekdays. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-receive-an-email-notification-every-117-days/785673/7 "2017-05-02T20:44:48Z")
Thanks everyone. Troutman’s solution worked fine.