Enter the delivery date (3) and time (4) as shown above and click the Close button. Select Do not deliver before (2) checkbox to enable the option. This opens additional message delivery options as shown below. The emails that you've scheduled are stored on Gmail's servers, so you don't have to make sure your devices are switched on and online as you do with scheduled text messages-once you've picked your date and time you can switch off your laptop and let Gmail take care of the rest. Now click on the more arrow (1) from the Tags group in the ribbon. Schedule your email for the preferred date and time and click on Send. Click on the small arrow and select Send Later from the dropdown. Messages that are waiting to be dispatched are kept under the Scheduled heading in the Gmail navigation pane on the left, and until a message has gone, you can open it up, edit it, change the scheduled time it needs to be sent, and delete it. Compose an email and go to the Send button. Future schedule suggestions will usually include the last date and time you picked, so you can easily get a batch of messages going at the same time.

Gmail will make some suggestions for you, like tomorrow morning, but if you choose the Pick date & time option at the bottom you can specify exactly when you'd like the email to go. If there’s an important email you need to send later but want to ensure you don’t forget about it, you’ll be happy to know Microsoft Outlook has a scheduling option.

Gmail is best at this, and if you're using Google's email client on the web, you can click the small arrow next to the Send button when composing a message, then Schedule send to pick a day and a time. As well as scheduling your text messages, you can also put a delay on your emails.

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