Thunderbird question...

[glitch44]

I'm changing over from Outlook 2003 (PC) and I have a Thunderbird (OS X) question:

In Outlook 2003 I have unchecked "send immediately when connected". This is because I frequently forget to attach a document or remember something after I hit "send". Having the "send/ receive" set to 10 minutes allows me to fix emails.

Is there a way to do this in Thunderbird?
All my emails seem to get sent automatically, and I can't find the setting to delay them until the send/ receive time.

 

[clevin]

im confused, after u compose your email, what do you do with it? save as draft?

 

[glitch44]

im confused, after u compose your email, what do you do with it? save as draft?

In outlook, I hit "send", but it doesn't get sent automatically. It gets sent at the next "Send/receive" cycle (mine is set to 10 minutes so I don't get distracted by email too frequently).

In thunderbird, I hit "send" and it goes to the server automatically.
This means I can't correct the email if I made a mistake.

Anyone know how to change this?

 

[clevin]

oh, try this. an extension can do "send later" for thunderbird

http://magicslr.thunderbird-mail.de/index-en.php

Update, AFAIK, that button will save ur email to a local "unsent" folder, for now, u need to press a send all unsent button to send it, I will post back if I find anyway to let it do the sending automatically every 10 minutes

update again, its buggy under mac osx

crash TB if u have unsent mails when closing/reopen the TB, so let me see if i can find other way to do this

 

[mkrishnan]

I used to use that feature on Outlook occasionally...basically let you work on "offline" copies of the Outlook inbox, sent, etc. And then when you sync them, the mail actually sends. Kind of like a cooling off period sometimes, when you want an extra chance to make sure you approve of everything you wrote? I don't bother with it anymore, though.