On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > 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. > I think you mean N + 1 messages to R. And yes, you are correct. Mark > > (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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >