The Bottom Line
Pros
- SendTools lets you schedule emails to be sent automatically in the future
- A straight-forward design makes SendTools easy to use
- You can remove messages before they are delivered from SendTools's "pending" folder
Cons
- Specifying the desired delivery date and time is an exercise in mouse positioning and patience
- You cannot make emails recur with SendTools
- Once an email is scheduled with SendTools, you cannot easily edit it or change the delivery time
Description
- SendTools sends emails scheduled for the future in Mozilla Thunderbird.
- When composing a message, SendTools lets you specify the precise date and time for delivery.
- SendTools places scheduled messages in a special "scheduled" folder.
- SendTools supports Mozilla Thunderbird 1.x
Guide Review - SendTools 0.4.2 - Mozilla Thunderbird Extension
Whatever the aim and purpose, SendTools lets you specify an exact sending time in the future (you cannot send emails in the past; I tried; changing the computer's clock works, though). When you click "Send", SendTools places the message in a "Scheduled" folder, whence it is delivered at the time you set.
Everything works in a clear and uncomplicated manner — except for actually setting the time, perhaps. Using precise mouse commands, you have to click at the various date fields, in the upper half to increase and targeting the lower half to discount. If you don't have to do it often, I imagine this to be fun.
While SendTools sends individual emails in the future automatically, you cannot schedule messages to be repeated at an interval. The option to edit messages after they have been scheduled (but before delivery time has come) might be nice, too.
