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I want this so bad. I've looked before, but I can't find this feature anywhere. But rather than setting delays I'd like to just define a range (say 8am–6pm) du

I want this so bad. I've looked before, but I can't find this feature anywhere. But rather than setting delays I'd like to just define a range (say 8am–6pm) during which mail is sent. Anything outside that range would be queued until the next period.

DanielBMarkham 18y ago
As always, the same two questions. 1) How to build it? (server-based or client-based) and 2) Who's going to pay for it? It sounds like one of those things that a small number of people talk passionately about but there's not actually any money in making their pain go away. Or maybe -- beats the heck out of me where the payback is. Client-side this is less than a week on the Microsoft platform -- a month if you want to handle all email clients. Server-side? I think you'd have to pick just one mail host and stick to customizing it. One of the issues would be turning it off -- you'd have to have some kind of neato keypad test thingy to prevent drunken farts from just clicking the button and sending anyway. That leads me to believe a better design might be client-side.
- eru 18y ago
  How about sending your message to a kind of delaying-mail-proxy server could help?
  - DanielBMarkham 18y ago
    That's a nice one. Didn't think about that. It's a nice compromise between client and server solutions. Store-and-forward has another big set of issues though. File sizes and bandwidth requirements are easily non-trivial. In addition, there could be legal issues with keeping the data around for awhile and then forwarding that wouldn't exist if you just piggy-backed on some other app. In a way, it kind of puts you in the league with GMail and the other guys, right?
  - eru 18y ago
    Please pardon my garbled post. It's been too late.
- 13ren 18y ago
  It could be implemented as a variation on "saved drafts". Since Gmail has a bunch of google lab apps in the gmail settings, it might well happen.... http://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/labs http://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/labs
pjf 18y ago
BTW, I thought about similar feature - setting a desired reply date/time on e-mails you send, so the recipients MUA can automatically schedule it in users calendar (and/or remind him of replying you). As of many people replying they need a feature no one has - here's opportunity of creating a completely new web e-mail system :-).
nandemo 18y ago
Something like this? http://www.addins4outlook.com/sendguard/ http://www.addins4outlook.com/sendguard/ I've never tried it, though.
firestrike 18y ago
Not that I use it, but I'm sure Outlook or any other POP mail suite offers scheduling.

DanielBMarkham 18y ago

As always, the same two questions. 1) How to build it? (server-based or client-based) and 2) Who's going to pay for it? It sounds like one of those things that a small number of people talk passionately about but there's not actually any money in making their pain go away. Or maybe -- beats the heck out of me where the payback is. Client-side this is less than a week on the Microsoft platform -- a month if you want to handle all email clients. Server-side? I think you'd have to pick just one mail host and stick to customizing it. One of the issues would be turning it off -- you'd have to have some kind of neato keypad test thingy to prevent drunken farts from just clicking the button and sending anyway. That leads me to believe a better design might be client-side.

eru 18y ago
How about sending your message to a kind of delaying-mail-proxy server could help?
- DanielBMarkham 18y ago
  That's a nice one. Didn't think about that. It's a nice compromise between client and server solutions. Store-and-forward has another big set of issues though. File sizes and bandwidth requirements are easily non-trivial. In addition, there could be legal issues with keeping the data around for awhile and then forwarding that wouldn't exist if you just piggy-backed on some other app. In a way, it kind of puts you in the league with GMail and the other guys, right?
- eru 18y ago
  Please pardon my garbled post. It's been too late.
13ren 18y ago
It could be implemented as a variation on "saved drafts". Since Gmail has a bunch of google lab apps in the gmail settings, it might well happen.... http://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/labs http://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/labs

pjf 18y ago

BTW, I thought about similar feature - setting a desired reply date/time on e-mails you send, so the recipients MUA can automatically schedule it in users calendar (and/or remind him of replying you). As of many people replying they need a feature no one has - here's opportunity of creating a completely new web e-mail system :-).

nandemo 18y ago

Something like this? http://www.addins4outlook.com/sendguard/ http://www.addins4outlook.com/sendguard/ I've never tried it, though.

firestrike 18y ago

Not that I use it, but I'm sure Outlook or any other POP mail suite offers scheduling.