# How to set up recurring emails in Outlook 2016

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-recurring-emails-in-outlook-2016/855478>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-recurring-emails-in-outlook-2016/855478 "2020-06-11T19:32:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-recurring-emails-in-outlook-2016/855478/1 "2020-06-11T19:32:38Z")

</div>

I need to send set up an email that gets sent on the first of every month. I apparently have Outlook 2016. (Microsoft doesn’t want people to know what version they’re using, so they hide that information instead of having ‘About Outlook’ or whatever.) I googled for instructions, and they say ‘Open the Tasks folder’. Don’t have one. I googled ‘where is the actions menu on outlook 2016’ and get pictures of screens with tabs that don’t exist on this version.

So how do I create a recurring outgoing email?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-recurring-emails-in-outlook-2016/855478/2 "2020-06-11T22:19:46Z")

</div>

Right now, I’m going to say never mind. I’m taking tomorrow off, but I’ll try [these instructions](https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/outlook/1567-outlook-send-schedule-recurring-email.html) next week.