Outlook XP "Do Not Deliver Before" Concept

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Mark

I posted this in the (public.outlook) forum with no response so I'm trying
my luck here.
Mark

Not sure if I understand the "Do not Deliver Before" function. I noticed
when using this feature the email stays in the Outbox forever. I would
assume once the date has past, Outlook would automatically send it. Or is
it be design to send it manually?

I send out an email once a week to remind the personnel to turn in their
travel expense reports. I like to have this done automatically. Is there
away?

Mark
 
With Outlook XP running against an Exchange server in online mode, the
message should be pushed up to the Exchange server to be delivered when the
time has passed - Exchange is responsible for the deliver at the proper
time. If you have more than one account, though, or if you're not online to
the Exchange server, Outlook must be running and do a send/receive in order
for the message to be sent.
 
That's what I thought but it's not doing that. Outlook is running, and when
the time pasts the email is still in the Outbox. I also did a send/receive
and nothing, still nothing.

Mark...
 
Well I set the log file on and I don't know if it had anything to do with
it. I did some test delayed email sends and it worked. Don't know what to
say, but thanks for taking the time to respond on this one.

Anthony
 
Post back (preferrably on this thread) if the problems show up again.
 
It works when Outlook is running, but when i turn off Outlook it doens't work
With Outlook 97 this was no problem, i even could turn off my computer

I am using Outlook 2003, Exchange 5.5 EN, SP4
 
I assume that you're running in "Cached Exchange Mode". In that case,
Outlook does indeed need to be running for delayed-delivery messages to be
sent, because the message sits in the outbox on your computer until it is
time for it to be sent. If you uncheck the cached Exchange mode box for
your Exchange account, you will operate in online mode against Exchange, in
which case Outlook 2003 will behave as Outlook 97 did.

If you create two Exchange profiles, one online and one cached mode, you can
switch to online mode when you want to send a delayed message with Outlook
shut down, but run in cached mode most of the time to get its benefits.
 
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