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 email to someone and get an out of office response. I would like to schedule resending my email when the person is back in the office, particularly when he/she will be out of the office for several days or weeks.
 
i checked with the gmail web interface, and it does not have this feature according to the help pages. Anyone know how to do it in gmail?
 
Thanks!
 
Mark