# sending email at later date
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 18, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882 "2009-03-18T14:19:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/1 "2009-03-18T14:19:32Z")
I need to send an email announcement to some people, but I want to send it out while I am on vacation and away from a computer. Is there a way I can write the email, save it and somehow have it sent out at a later date…like next week?
I’ve looked on web and help topics with outlook, but it wasn’t really helpful.
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### Author:  [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/2 "2009-03-18T14:22:25Z")
In outlook,
Create a new message, in the new message window go to View \> Options
Under Delivery Options, use the part that says “Do not deliver before”
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### Author:  [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/3 "2009-03-18T14:56:55Z")
I don’t have an “options” under View.
I do have an “options” under Tools; but I don’t see anything that says “delivery options”
I think this is the problem I was having from my previous web search on the topic.
Would it be hidden somewhere else?
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/4 "2009-03-18T15:03:39Z")
> [@Sigene](#):
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> I don’t have an “options” under View.
Are you sure you’re still in the “new message” window?
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### Author:  [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/5 "2009-03-18T15:15:11Z")
Maybe you’re using Outlook Express, which is very different from Outlook? [edit] And has no “send later” feature.
There are delayed email services on the web, such as [www.timecave.com](http://www.timecave.com). Whether they allow multiple recipients, I don’t know. I’ve only used Time Cave for simple one-recipient emails.
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### Author:  [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/6 "2009-03-18T15:45:08Z")
I start a new email; and am looking under the “View” tab in that new email.
It has the following:
Normal
Web Layout
Print Layout
Outline
Task Pane
ToolBars
Document Map
Fullscreen
(plus a few others that are greyed out)
I don’t think I have Outlook Express. From my Help–\> about Microsot Office Outlook; it says
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (11.8217.8221) SP3
Nothing about Outlook Express.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/7 "2009-03-18T15:59:46Z")
It may be a versional difference in Outlook 2003. Do you have an “options” button on your toolbar?
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### Author:  [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-at-later-date/489882/8 "2009-03-18T16:15:09Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> It may be a versional difference in Outlook 2003. Do you have an “options” button on your toolbar?
FOUND IT!!!
Hidden amongst all the clutter in my Toolbar is a little button that says “options”
From there I found the don’t send until after…
Thanks; I was getting pretty frustrated.