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It currently defaults to 5pm on the current date. Since I send emails in the evening for delivery at 7am the next day, I want to adjust the default so the default date/time for a delay message is 7am on the next day.
HOW DO I DO THIS? I HAVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE.
Thank you,
Greg
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Hi,
There is a simple fix. You'll need to download the "SetDeliveryTime" add-in and follow the instructions below. It's worked for me for over an year. Let me know if you have any questions.
Dear Gregory LaCour1,
Good day!
Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist!
Based on your description regarding "How do I adjust the default delivery time when using "Delivery Options --> Do Not Delivery Before"?". To understand the situation and be able to offer you relevant suggestions, we would need a little more information from you. Kindly help us in providing the following information.
- May I please know if you tried to edit from Outbox? To do this, kindly go in Outbox folder -->Double clicks on this email you want to adjust-->choose Options tab-->On Tracking click on Message Options --> Change time to 7am on the next day-->Close-->then hit Send Delay or schedule sending email messages - Microsoft Support
- Would you mind to kindly provide the screenshot of the outlook version are you using? Kindly go to File-->Office Account
This requested information will help us to narrow down the scenario and find the right troubleshooting.
We are looking forward to your response! Thanks for your precious time. Have a nice day!
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Inema | Microsoft Community Moderator
I totally agree with everyone on this email string. It should be a simple feature that we select a default time when we want to delay messages to send. I find it odd that 5 pm is the default when it feels like it should be 8 am at the start of someone's day. Microsoft team - please get with your programmers to let a user select a delayed deliver default time so they don't have to scroll to the time they want on every e mail they send.
Thanks you. Tauni Petershagen
Agreed. Very ridiculous. I'm constantly working late, sending many emails and frustrating to have to change the time on each one. And if I forget, recalling an email only allows for those "in my organization". Well great. Most of the people I'm sending emails to are not in my organization. Then I get an angry call why I'm emailing them at 3am.
Very very absurd this can't be a simple code. It's basically 2024 for gds sake! Come on!
THAT DID NOTHING TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT.
THE NEXT TIME I SENT ANOTHER EMAIL THE DEFAULT WAS 5:00 ON TODAYS DATE.
IT DID NOT CHANGE THE DEFAULT.
WHY CAN MICROSOFT NOT ALLOW THIS SIMPLE REQUEST?