Forcing a delayed email to be sent

bashiok · #1 08-27-2021, 05:04 AM

Hi.

I made a rule that delays ALL messages by 30 minutes. If I click the send / receive button, the mail does not come out. Is it possible to make a macro or other rule that will bypass the previous rule after pressing the icon on the ribbon? Or a macro that will "force" an email to be sent.

AlanCantor · #2 09-05-2021, 07:53 AM

Try modifying the existing rule so that the rule has an exception. The rule doesn't apply when messages have certain words in the message body or subject, they are marked with a certain importance level, and other possibilities.

For example, the rule will be ignored if "***" appears on the Subject Line, the message is assigned "High" Importance, etc.

gmayor · #3 09-05-2021, 09:17 PM

The problem is that your rule will run after any macro you send. It would be better if you scrapped the rule and used a macro to apply the delay, Using Outlook's ItemSend you can prompt for the delay. Put the following code in the ThisOutlookSession module.

Code:

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
    If TypeName(Item) = "MailItem" Then
        If MsgBox("Defer message?", vbExclamation + vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
            Item.DeferredDeliveryTime = DateAdd("n", 30, Now())
        Else
            Item.DeferredDeliveryTime = DateAdd("n", -30, Now())
        End If
    End If
End Sub

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