OL97: Setting Delayed Delivery Options

ID: Q176573

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

If you send and receive e-mail using Microsoft Exchange Server and your e- mail is delivered to your mailbox on the server, you can compose e-mail messages in Microsoft Outlook 97 and delay sending the messages.

MORE INFORMATION

Use either of the following methods to specify when your message is sent.

Method 1

1. In your open message, click the Options tab.

2. Under Delivery Options, click to select the "Do not deliver before"

   check box.

3. In the "Do not deliver before" box, type a date and time or display the

   calendar and click to select a date. If you want to use a date months in
   the future, click the arrow to the right of the month name in the
   calendar heading and repeatedly click until the month you want appears.

4. If you want the unread message to be deleted, click to select the

   Expires After check box and type a date and time in the Expires After
   box, or display the calendar and click to select a date. If you want to
   specify a date months in the future, click the arrow to the right of the
   month name in the calendar heading and repeatedly click until the
   desired month appears. Change the time if necessary. You may also
   specify that the message is never deleted by clicking None at the
   bottom of the calendar.

5. Click Send to transfer the message to the Microsoft Exchange Server for

   processing.

Method 2

1. In your open message, click Properties on the File menu.

2. On the General tab, click Send Options, and click the Microsoft

   Exchange Server tab.

3. Under Send This Item, click to select In, type a number, and then click

   to select a interval from the list. For example, if you want the message
   sent in two hours, type 2 and select hours from the list.

4. If you want the unread message to be deleted, in the Expire This Item

   section, type a number and then click to select a interval from the
   list. For example, if you want the message deleted in two days, type 2
   and select days from the list.

5. Click OK twice.

6. Click Send to place the message in your Outbox for processing.

The advantage to using this method is you can modify the message or delete it before it is actually sent.

Additional query words: defer hold wait

Keywords          : MsgSend 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999