Schedule Send Date/Time for Draft Emails Automatically Sent at a Future Time
I have another email service that allows users to schedule draft emails to be sent at a specified date/time in the future. Once the draft is complete, the email is automatically sent at the future specified date/time, unless that draft email is deleted/replaced prior to the send date/time. The draft email can either reside in an existing "draft" folder or a separate "outbox" folder (as distinguished from "draft" that does not have a scheduled send date/time).
Different Emphasis from Similar Postings:
I noticed a number of other similar postings, however, I wanted to provide this new posting to possibly emphasize something more than what I saw emphasized in other similar postings: closely related general delivery options. I would suggest ProtonMail allow every draft email to have a drop down menu that provides the option for selecting "Delivery Timing" using a calendar display for selection of a date and a time field to select/enter a corresponding time on that selected date (time should be clearly set for a selected time zone, e.g., CST or GMT, to reduce possibilities for confusion on timing). Again, whenever "Delivery Timing" options are selected, the draft email can then reside either in the existing "draft" folder or in a newly appearing "Outbox" for any pending emails to be sent at a future date/time. The other email service I use provides a range of closely related general delivery options to also include:
-- "Message Priority" (Low, ******, High);
-- "Private" (to help prevent email forwarding, if clients support that);
-- "Return Receipt" and
-- "Delivery Timing" (previously addressed)
I recommend ProtonMail make these general delivery option menus accessible via one additional icon next to the existing row of icons on draft emails for "Attachments," "Encryption" and "Encryption time." The icon could be a clock next to a letter (just a suggestion), since "Encryption time" already uses a clock icon.
I don't believe other similar postings emphasize these closely associated general delivery Options. I have previously given this other email provider feedback on perfecting their services in other areas (with different providers having different strengths/weaknesses), but this is one particular feature they have had for a very long time that I believe provides an excellent example to follow.
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Jo Weiser
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Very useful idea and it's already submitted. Please comment and vote on existing entries to increase awareness.
The entry linked further down points towards an idea more related to proton calendar (at least it was created in that category).
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Jo Weiser
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Very useful idea and it's already submitted. Please comment and vote on existing entries to increase awareness.
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Jo Weiser
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Very useful idea and it's already submitted. Please comment and vote on existing entries to increase awareness.
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John Duston CPA
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Has this happened yet?
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Nicholas Lin
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Absolutely need this feature. Gmail does this and it is incredibly helpful by removing an item off of my to-do list.
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Mauricio
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To schedule e-mail delivery improves productivity.
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Chloe
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Get on with this, Protonmail! Listen to your users!
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Chloe
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I wish I could give this 1k votes.
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spacepanda
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From what I see people have been asking you to add Schedule Send for years, and it it still not there. I would gladly move to Plus package if it was there, it is absolutely necessary and basic feature. Why is it still not done? Is there a technological limitation from your side which blocks it? Can you tell if the dev team at least has it in the backlog? Thank you
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Jackub Rich
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Yes, would be so excited to have this feature. Right now, we need to send emails on the same time to our website's (https://fastlabourhire.com.au/) clients. If we got this feature then our work will be more easy.
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Michael
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Yes! Would be so clutch to have this feature!!
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Anonymous
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Very useful idea and it's already submitted. Please vote and comment on existing entries to create awareness. Thank you!
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Anonymous
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Very useful idea and it's already submitted. Please comment and vote on existing entries to increase awareness.
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Lola
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Can you please fix this page to allow commenters to unflag any accidental comment flagging? I bumped a comment and now can’t unflag it. Thanks!
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Victor S.
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For example it is now by law illegal in Portugal to contact your staff as a boss after working hours.
While not illegal it is still seen as inappropriate in other countries/companies as well.And yes, it might be debatable weither an email is "contacting" or not since the employee can read it later (but gets a phone notification). But it's better to not have the debate in the first place.
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Victor S.
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Dear Protonmail Team,
is it possible to to create a feature where you can set a specific date/time in the future, at which the email will be send?
Sometimes it is not appropriate to send a specific mail late at night or on the weekend.
So it would be amazing if you could schedule a mail.Thank you very much!
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Gary
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As Luka pointed out this is a desperately needed feature....
I often compose emails for/to my clients in the early a.m. hours and schedule them to be sent at various points throughout the day. This helps in numerous ways. First it allows me to avoid disturbing any client who may receive email I enter during the middle of the night. This same point applies when sending email to clients in different time zones around the world.
My existing email is hosted with Godaddy and the ability to schedule sending of draft emails has LONG been a "STANDARD" feature of that product, at least for as long as I have had the service, which is more than 10 years.... -
luka
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hi! first and foremost, this is a ProtonMail feature, not a Calendar one. but okay.
I'm a paid user, using PM both for my private correspondence and for my small business, and I need the scheduled e-mail desperately.
a client of mine is expecting an e-mail delivered to him tomorrow morning. now it's 1 AM and I can't sleep for some reason. I've written the e-mail, but I have to be awake at 8 am just to send it. that's not user friendly. please, give us this feature asap -
Anonymous
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Je partage cette opinion :-)
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knightowlnz
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Scheduled send is great for when you work late or on weekends and you don't want to be annoying colleagues, clients and bosses with your incoming mail. Also means you don't look like a workaholic because you decided to clear your emails on a weekend or after dinner.