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If you want to be able to hit “send” but have the email stay in your outbox for a time, use the following rule. When it is in your outbox, you are able to re-open it and make changes without using the Recall feature!
- In Outlook, go to the Tools menu Rules and Alerts
- Click on New Rule
- Click Start From a Blank Rule
- Highlight Check Messages After Sending, then click Next
- Do not select any checkboxes showing, then click Next
- Answer Yes to dialog box asking if this applies to all messages
- Select the last checkbox – Defer delivery by X minutes
- Under Step 2 that now shows, click on minutes
- Edit number of minutes you would like the delay to last (suggested delay 2 minutes), Click OK and Next
- Decide if you want an exception – Some use “Importance” to have emails go immediately
- Name your rule and click Finish! You can now go grab and delete from out Outbox for 2 minutes if you realize you didn’t mean to send a certain email
