Perhaps the thinking was this: During the course of his/her vacation (Mr/Ms "R" = the Recipient, that is), let's say S (= the Sender) would ordinarily have sent "N" messages to R. Well, perhaps what the OP (Mark Phillips) meant, is that, once the FIRST of those messages gets an auto-responder [robot] -generated "out of office" response, saying, "I'll be back on XYZ date", that then, S might desire to wait until XYZ date, to send the other ("N minus one") messages to R. (right?) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, AZ RUNE wrote: > I may be mistaken but it sound like he wants the option to schedule the > sending before sending it at all. I don't get the impression double sending > was his goal. Could be wrong but oh well won't be the first or last time. > > On Jul 9, 2009 12:56 PM, "Bob Elzer" wrote: > > To me this sounds like it might be very annoying. > > You send me a message while I was away, when I get back and start going > through my emails, I read and reply to yours. > > Then as I get to the end of my email, I get the same email from you again. > > Sending me the second email isn't going to get you a faster response, and > maybe no response if you keep doing it. > > I realize there is a chance I did miss your message, and you would have to > remind me a second time, but if you automate this it sounds like it could > cause problems, like people thinking you are very impatient. > > not to mention all the extra waste of bandwidth with duplicate messages > > IMHO > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto: > plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *Mark > Phillips > *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:45 AM > *To:* Phoenix Linux Users > *Subject:* [Slightly OT] General Email Question > > Do any OS email clients have the ability to schedule the sending of an > email? For example, I send an... > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >