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How do I schedule emails for later delivery?

Schedule emails to be sent automatically at a future date and time using Mailbutler's Smart Timing.

Written by Julia

💡 Good to know: Even if your computer is offline or turned off, Mailbutler will still send your scheduled email at the specified time.

🔔 Note: Smart Timing is not designed for bulk email campaigns. Scheduling more than 100 emails may result in failed delivery.

🔔 Note: The difference between Mailbutler's Smart Timing and Apple Mail's scheduling feature is:
Apple's Scheduling button is located right inside Apple's UI. Mailbutler's scheduling button is located in the Mailbutler sidebar. If you've used Apple Mail's scheduling button, you will find your scheduled emails


Step 1: Compose your email

Create your email as usual.


Step 2: Open Mailbutler

Open the Mailbutler Sidebar:

👉 Gmail

👉 Outlook


Step 3: Choose a delivery time

Choose when your email should be delivered:

➤ Select a specific date and time

➤ Use Optimize delivery date and Optimize delivery time to schedule delivery at the optimal date and/or time for each recipient

💡 Good to know: Mailbutler uses tracking data to determine the optimal delivery date and time for each recipient.


Step 4: Customize delivery options (optional)

Optionally, configure additional delivery settings, such as:

➤ Cancel Delivery to automatically cancel the scheduled email if the recipient sends you another email before delivery.
➤ Delivery Approval to require manual approval before the email is sent.

💡 Good to know: Delivery approvals can be managed directly from the Tailored Sending widget.


Step 5: Let Mailbutler send the email

Click Send later. Mailbutler will automatically send the email at the scheduled date and time.


💡 Good to know: If you're using Apple Mail or Gmail, scheduled emails are stored in the Mailbutler – Scheduled folder. If you're using Outlook, they're stored in Drafts.

From there, you can edit the scheduled send time, send the email immediately, or cancel the scheduled delivery.

🔔 Note: If your scheduled email appears in the Send Later mailbox instead of the Mailbutler – Scheduled folder, it was scheduled using Apple's native Send Later feature rather than Mailbutler's scheduling feature.

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