Comments on: A trick to stop e-mail embarrassment

By: Kitty

Kitty — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:48:20 +0000

Thanks everybody….I did as Ian and William suggested, and the deferred rule is now set up. I also agree with Cheryl re the suggestion to NOT fill in the recipient until after the message is reviewed….this definitely cuts down on errors.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:01:41 +0000

People think I take way too much time to send an email – I reread it as well as run spell check, and then read it again. And not filling in the recipient field until the message is ready to send also helps cut down on sending something you will regret. I don’t use Outlook and am not sure if my email client has a similar rule available – but learning to review BEFORE you hit send rather than after is not a bad thing.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:49:40 +0000

Ian – Thanks so much….I’ll do that.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:13:36 +0000

Email Defer is great, but you must check the box this machine only and your see the defer text.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:53:48 +0000

This article points out a cool tool but is seriously lacking on the correct steps for the novice.
You must click Next and then Yes to assign this rule to all messages you send. Then you will see the option to defer sending and then follow the prompts to assign the time frame and continue on to name and enable the rule.

By: william krupinsky

william krupinsky — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:05:42 +0000

It works. Kitty did not go far enough. It is not the next box as implied in the instructions. Just keep going “next” and read carefully.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:56:00 +0000

EXCELLENT!!! I think this is a great idea because in the past I have accidentally clicked ’send’ before I verified everything. But….there is a problem with your suggestion – when I tried to set up the suggested ‘rule’ above, there was no “Defer delivery by a number of minutes” to select in the ’select conditions’ menu after “Check messages after sending/Next”. I use Outlook in Office 2003 on Windows XP. Any suggestions???