How to delay outbound messages from Outlook

If you’ve ever sent a message that you wished you hadn’t – you may consider configuring Outlook to delay your outbound messages.

In Outlook, choose Tools->Options.

Go to the Mail Setup tab. Uncheck ‘Send immediately when connected’ and then click the Send/Receive button to the right.

Change the ‘Schedule an automatic send/receive every…” to your desired time, perhaps 5 minutes.

If you ever want to speed that process up, you can always manually send/receive by cliicking the send/receive button.

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