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Scheduling a post


Marcio
 

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Hi,
Is there a way of scheduling a post?
That is, I want to post something to my group, but I don't want to post it immediately. Maybe later today or even any other day.
Just wondering if it's possible at all.
?
Thanks a lot, as always.

P.S.: Please, delete the other post with a similar message. Somehow i managed to send it before finishing the email! :/

Cheers,
AKA Starboy

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On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 06:29 AM, Marcio wrote:
Is there a way of scheduling a post?
There's not a way that makes sense.? You could add an event to the calendar and have it send a notice at the scheduled time, but it would be visible on the calendar before then.? You could also add a hashtag that is moderated so that the post would need to be approved (at the appropriate time) before posting, but it would be easier to just post at that time.

You might want to check your email client to see if there's something there that would work.? May not be reliable since email has no time guarantees, but is usually fairly quick.

Duane
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On Tue, 14 May 2019 05:40:14 -0700, "Duane" <txpigeon@...>
wrote:

You might want to check your email client to see if there's something there that would work. May not be reliable since email has no time guarantees, but is usually fairly quick.

Outlook has a send later feature and I think Gmail does also.

--Just found an article and it does:



So you could set up a Gmail account, join with it, then schedule your
post from that Gmail account.

More information here about some add-ons for email to make the process
easier:



The above short article mentions a plug-in for Outlook that makes it
easier to delay sending messages, as the built-in utility is buried
and difficult to find, though I've used it before in the office just
using the help file to guide me through the process. If you find
Gmail's delayed send feature a bit difficult to use, they mention a
plug-in for Gmail to make it easier.

Boomerang is available for several platforms, even iOS and Android.
There is a free basic version limited to 10 scheduled emails per
month, which might be plenty enough for you. Otherwise, you can use
the delay in Outlook or Gmail which is built-in.




There used to be a program called Boomerang for Yahoo Mail but it is
no longer supported or available.

These are just a few ways to get an email sent at a later scheduled
time. As far as I can tell, Yahoo doesn't have the feature built into
their mail, even though they claim that their mail is the best and
most fantastic email there is on the planet.



Donald



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Marcio
 

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Duane,
You could add an event to the calendar and have it send a notice at the scheduled time, but it would be visible on the calendar before then.
Following this option, I wouldn't be able to create a poll, for example, isn't it?
Actually, I forgot this detail. I want to schedule a poll, not a simple post :) my bad, I should've added it.

You could also add a hashtag that is moderated so that the post would need to be approved (at the appropriate time) before posting
Hmmm, interesting. In this case, I would have to aprove my own message, when I want it to be sent? Also, looks like this option will only work in a period within 14 days, because if I'm not going wrong, this is the max time for holding a message needing aproval.

Cheers,
AKA Starboy

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Marcio
 

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Donald,
Thanks for the suggestions. However, as I said on the other message (before this one) I forgot to add, I want this to schedule a poll, so, it would need to be a groups.io feature itself, I think.

Anyway, I'll take a look at some Thunderbird (the email client I'm using) add-ons for this scheduling purpose, even if it's just for fun :)
Thanks again.

Cheers,
AKA Starboy

Sent from a galaxy far, far away.