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Is there a way to delay incoming e-mails from certain addresses such that they don't show up in the inbox until business hours? (for any client or server, be it Outlook or Thunderbird or whatever)

edit: I am looking for a tweak to either a server or client such that it will "hide" messages that have arrived, and not show them to the client/user until a specific time - this can be for any client/server, and I am not looking for a full setup - assuming that I have a working server/client that receives messages already, but I simply don't want to see them until the specified time, how/where would I go about configuring it?

why the simple solution (ignore the emails or set a filter to move them to a new folder) won't work: I can't "un-see" something once I have seen it, and I can't expect others to do this either - moving them to a new folder where there is no access to open (or see the "new message count") it may be a solution, but only if it can also move the messages back into the inbox at the specified time.

user2813274
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My suggestion is quite simple: create a filter that forwards e-mail from those addresses to a new folder, and check it only during business hours. It's not an answer to your question, but it's a solution to your problem.

What occurs to me as an answer to your question would be you being your own e-mail administrator, and taking upon yourself the task of configuring every single aspect of message delivery. That would give you the tools to do whatever you wanted with your e-mail - including eventual delivery delays - but then again, it would likely take you way more time than you probably want.

Valmiky Arquissandas
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When you send an email you can delay the message for a certain period of time. Then you can set the delay until it is business hours.

For Outlook:

  1. In the message, on the Options tab, in the More Options group, click Delay Delivery Button image.
  2. Click Message Options.
  3. Under Delivery options, select the Do not deliver before check box, and then click the delivery date and time that you want.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/delay-or-schedule-sending-e-mail-messages-HP001232817.aspx

The link shows details of how to delay a single message or all messages.

Dan Smith
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