Thunderbird: send later

[VJ]

Hello,

I'm advising a friend of mine to use Thunderbird, but I'm missing a simple feature. She is using a dialup internet, and it would be convenient to be able to compose messages, and have them send when she connects.

Currently, the compose message window only has a 'send' button, which yields the dial-up screen when clicked.

So is there an extension or something like it to have the messages moved to the outbox (or unsent folder, not sure which one it should be) ?
(there is a 'send later' hotkey, but no button)


Jörg

[Marshmallowman]

When you click close it asks if you want to save it, it saves to the drafts folder and you can send from there later on....probably not exactly what you want.

[Jessterw]

http://outbox.mozdev.org/ or

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=thunderbird&category=News%20Reading&numpg=10&id=902

... should do what she wants/needs nicely. I'd go with the later as it seems to be more thorougly tested.

Basically Thunderbird already provides the 'Send Later' button in offline mode, so these extensions just provide online access to it with some other nice features (such as a 'Send All' button).

[VJ]

http://outbox.mozdev.org/ or

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=thunderbird&category=News%20Reading&numpg=10&id=902

... should do what she wants/needs nicely. I'd go with the later as it seems to be more thorougly tested.

Thanks!
I checked the extensions list, but didn't find it...

Basically Thunderbird already provides the 'Send Later' button in offline mode, so these extensions just provide online access to it with some other nice features (such as a 'Send All' button).

Nope... (I tested it)
It has the send later functionality in a hotkey, but not in a button.


Jörg

[Jessterw]

Hrm, in my copy of Thunderbird, if you go offline and then open a compose window, the 'Send' button will change to a 'Send later' button.

With the extensions you will need to customize the toolbars to add the buttons before they will show.

[VJ]

Yes, I was expecting it to do something like that... But it didn't.
We also closed Thunderbird after disconnecting from the internet, but even when we restarted Thunderbird it didn't show the send later button.

Thanks for the info; guess I'll have to go their again to customize the toolbars.


Jörg

[VJ]

Basically Thunderbird already provides the 'Send Later' button in offline mode, so these extensions just provide online access to it with some other nice features (such as a 'Send All' button).

I found it!
Only problem is that it doesn't autodetect wheter it is offline or online (mine and her Thunderbird seems to always think it is online). But it can be changed by clicking that cable-like icon in the bottom left.


Jörg