How to Send an Email at a Specific Time in the Future Using Mozilla Thunderbird
Download Thunderbird 3.1+ version of the extension., Instructions for installing: Right click on the link and choose “Save Link As...” or “Save Target As…”., Usage Instructions: If you want to control how often the add-on checks for messages to be...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Download Thunderbird 3.1+ version of the extension.
You will need to save it your hard disk and then install it from Thunderbird Extension Manager. -
Step 2: Instructions for installing: Right click on the link and choose “Save Link As...” or “Save Target As…”.
Choose a file path on your hard disk. .
In Thunderbird, go to Tools
-> Extensions or Tools
-> Add ons.
Choose Install, locate the the XPI file you saved in step
2.
Restart Thunderbird.
Sit back, relax and have a cuppa. , The default is 60 seconds .
The background polling status is shown the status bar as “SL8TR ”, if there are messages in the draft folder waiting to be sent later the message reads, e.g., “SL8TR ” (it says "SENDLATER3" instead of "SL8TR" for the newer version of the add-on).
If you want to schedule a message to send later, just choose “File->Send Later” (or CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER) after composing an email.
This will prompt you with the time and date in a "pop-up" window, select the time and date and Click on “Send at specified time”.
If you want to use the default Thunderbird Send Later functionality you can choose “Pass through to Send Later”.
And that’s it !!! -
Step 3: Usage Instructions: If you want to control how often the add-on checks for messages to be delivered
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Step 4: edit its preferences from Tools > Add-ons.
Detailed Guide
You will need to save it your hard disk and then install it from Thunderbird Extension Manager.
Choose a file path on your hard disk. .
In Thunderbird, go to Tools
-> Extensions or Tools
-> Add ons.
Choose Install, locate the the XPI file you saved in step
2.
Restart Thunderbird.
Sit back, relax and have a cuppa. , The default is 60 seconds .
The background polling status is shown the status bar as “SL8TR ”, if there are messages in the draft folder waiting to be sent later the message reads, e.g., “SL8TR ” (it says "SENDLATER3" instead of "SL8TR" for the newer version of the add-on).
If you want to schedule a message to send later, just choose “File->Send Later” (or CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER) after composing an email.
This will prompt you with the time and date in a "pop-up" window, select the time and date and Click on “Send at specified time”.
If you want to use the default Thunderbird Send Later functionality you can choose “Pass through to Send Later”.
And that’s it !!!
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