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Outlook Addin: Send Later - Schedule mail sending for a different time.
Posted by: Floresense Team
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Attached is VB6.0 source code and installation package for an Outlook Addin - Send Later!
About the application
Send Later is a case of having a feature in outlook where you can set the mail to be sent at a time when you are not in your desk. Some business users have the requirement of sending an email after a few hours due to various aspects.
The addin once installed will integrate into Microsoft Outlook. Thereafter, whenever you type an email and click send, it will prompt a window as shown. If you wish, you can select to send the mail at a scheduled time.
Implementation in VB
Creating Addins for Microsoft outlook and office tools is easy if you are using Visual Basic, because much of it is done by VB itself. You just have to select a new 'AddIn' project rather than a normal 'Standard Exe' project.
Attached source code is self-explained.
Installation
This Addin and the installation is suitable for PC's running windows2000 or higher, with outlook2000 or higher.
1 Unzip the setup file.
2 Double-click on the .msi file, to Install the AddIn. (close outlook if its running - this ensures proper installation of the addin.)
3 The installation is a straight-forward one.
4 Once the installation is complete, open outlook and try sending an email, to see the addin in action.
Screen shot of the addin's mainWindow.
FAQ
Question: I used Send Later!.. but the mail wasnt sent at the time I set. why ??
NOTE : The addin SendLater V1.0 is used to send defferred mails. This works only if u have proper send/receive settings in outlook already in place.
1 The PC should be switched on with network connections at the defferred time (the time at which the mail is to be sent)
2 Also, Outlook should be running at the defferred time.
3 Outlook 'mail options' should be such that outlook automatically checks for email every few minutes.
This last option(3) is set in outlook through the following steps
step 1: select 'Tools' from the menu items at the top in outlook, and select 'options' in the 'Tools' menu.
step 2: select 'Mail Options' / 'Mail Delivery' tab in the options window that appears.
step 3: set 'Mail Options' settings as shown.. this is an example to make outlook check for new mails every 3 minutes.
(provided outlook is left open, and the machine is ON)
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