Apple Mail - Scheduled Send Feature

why doesn't Apple just add this basic feature to Mail?

Maybe nobody has any real use for it. I've never thought, "it would be great if I could schedule this email to be delivered some time in the future because it should age a few hours first." The only reason I get on email is to actually send the email.

Press releases may need to be delayed until after some event has happened.

It could be a monthly reminder for some group activity planned for different venues.

It could serve as a "dead man's switch" to send out incriminating evidence if the author is kidnapped or murdered.

Lots of reasons, and it seems like a very simple feature to implement.

Actually, didn't it used to have this feature back in the days of dial-up service?

I thought that perhaps you could do something with Automator or Script Editor, but I do not have the kung fu to identify unsent messages or set a time delay. Automator seems to work more easily with received or incoming messages.

John Rose6 wrote:

Press releases may need to be delayed until after some event has happened.

Seems rather dangerous to schedule a press release based on something that may happen. What if it does not happen and the scheduled email is not deleted?

It could be a monthly reminder for some group activity planned for different venues.

I think there are many calendar apps that do this.

It could serve as a "dead man's switch" to send out incriminating evidence if the author is kidnapped or murdered.

Like that is a capability that is widely needed.

Lots of reasons, and it seems like a very simple feature to implement.

I don't know of any valid reason.

BobTheFisherman wrote:

Seems rather dangerous to schedule a press release based on something that may happen. What if it does not happen and the scheduled email is not deleted? [...snip...] I don't know of any valid reason.

As Sgt. Oddball said in Kelly's Heroes: "Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?".

Clearly, at least one user - NomakAnon - can think of a valid reason.

NomakAnon wrote:

Barney-15E wrote:

Apple Mail competitors (i.e. Google Gmail and Microsoft Outlook) already provided for such a feature from a long time.

Then you should probably use one of those two email clients.

After such a useful and enlightening comment, should I really give you an answer? I think not. By the way, I appreciate your interest in this matter. Now feel free to jump to another thread and give your essential contribution there, maybe you'll earn some community point.

If you need the feature, why do you not wish to use an email client that actually provides the feature? Seems like you really don't need it that much.

Apple Mail competitors (i.e. Google Gmail and Microsoft Outlook) already provided for such a feature from a long time.

Then you should probably use one of those two email clients.

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