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Automatically delay delivery of messages in Outlook
 
Applies to
Microsoft Outlook® 2000

Do you often find yourself wishing that you could retrieve or change the message you just sent? Well, here's a way that you can delay delivering messages by having them stay in your Outbox for a specified time, so that you can easily change or delete them. If you use Microsoft Exchange Server you can use the Recall Message feature to recall individual messages.

  1. On the Tools menu, click Rules Wizard, and then click New.
  2. In the Which type of rule do you want to create list, click Check messages after sending, and then click Next.
  3. Click Next to have this rule apply to all messages, or, if you want to limit the messages that the rule applies to, in the Which condition(s) do you want to check list, select any options you want.
  4. In the What do you want to do with the message list, select defer delivery by a number of minutes. (Delivery can be delayed up to two hours.)
  5. In the Rule Description box, click the underlined phrase, a number of, and in the Defer delivery by box, enter the number of minutes you want messages held before sending.
  6. Click OK, and then click Next.
  7. Select any exceptions, and then click Next.
  8. In the Please specify a name for this rule box, type a name for the rule, and then click Finish.

That's it. Now, all your messages will be held in your Outbox for a specified time after you click Send.

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