If you’ve been looking for a program to send emails not now, but later; then here it is.
FutureMail exists purely so you can send yourself emails in the future. Created by Ben Sinclair, this web app could commonly be used to send yourself a reminder in your email. It’s simple and works.
You can, likewise, send the message directly to an RSS feed.
It’s unfortunate there isn’t a way to integrate this fully with your existing email client. For instance, if I were able to email FutureMail with a time when to email me back…
What would really be useful is a way to do this within your email client. If anyone knows of a Gmail hack that allows timestamped emails, let us know.
Email Your Future Self – [FutureMail]
[...] How cool. FutureMail allows you to send email reminders to yourself at a future date and time, via Lifehack.org. I can see that being handy for a lot of things. Remembering to make medical appointments for the [...]
I just use the email notification feature in Google Calendar
Also too bad it can’t email the past. There are some things I’d like my past self to know.
An email to FutureMail gateway is something I’ve been meaning to add. I’m swamped with Real Work right now, but I’ll try and get to that soon.
If you use thunderbird the SendTools extension can flag messages for sending in the future:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/761
From Gmail you can add event info to an email which goes directly to GCal which can then remind you of the thing you want to be remembered about. Personally I think that’s a suboptimal solution. I’d prefer a system similar to sms->GCal. Only then you’d have to think about the fact that emails can come from anywhere, and I don’t want anyone reminding me to buy Viagra…mostly because I’ve got a 400 pill surplus and my girlfriend just left me…;)
So secure it using filters.
So if you send an email to yourname+keywordforcalendar@gmail.com, Gmail then forwards it to Google Calendar.
Meeting on hostile takeover march 16th 10AM at Redmond remind=1hour
Something like that, writing (AJAX)applications to automatically write syntax like that for you is a piece of cake imho.
cameron, that’s a good one. Send Tools will enable you to send any email, to anyone, at a future date. That’s very handy for reminders for other people, as well as yourself.
mtx, thanks for bringing that feature to light. that sorts out future reminders in Gmail, or any client through Google Calendar.
There is an italian site that does a similar thing: http://www.memomail.it. It also allows to send email to any address, not just yourself. It’s only in italian and it does not cater for different time zones, so its audience is rather limited.
The site looks great ! Thanks for all your help ( past, present and future !)
Hi,
After looking at other unsuitable solutions I wrote an extension for Thunderbird called “Send Later” / SL8TR to do this:
http://www.unsignedbyte.com/sl8tr.html
This extension will allow you to send email later. Quick Smart.
All you have to do is compose an email and choose “Send Later” [Default thunderbird action is also available], this will pop a scheduling window to enter the date/time you want to send the email at.
Hope you like it.
If you want more options to send email later, try LetterMeLater.com
[...] in at #10 is the Thunderbird equivalent of this email function we tried to solve previously. (10) Send Later – integrates extra ‘Send Later At’ [...]
Integrates with your current email, be it Gmail, Outlook, whatever? CHECK
Email yourself reminders? CHECK
Emails other people reminders? CHECK
Outputs a subscribable calendar? CHECK
Even has a Twitter interface? CHECK
You’ll want to try Sandy, at IWantSandy.com!
I have found Lettermelater.com and latergater.ca but both put their names in the extended headers if you are trying to trick someone.
There is the group of the similar apps, which can help only to email yourself in the future. It works as a past reminder.
It’s interesting idea.
I use My Future Mail.
You can also try using this Outlook email reminder called Boomerang. It’s a plugin that lets your right click on your email and choose when you want to get back to it. Completely secure.
Boomerang has a GMail plugin that allows this.
One more web-app add to your list :)
http://www.reminder-email.com
Does anyone know if this app slips emails through early?
I would like to send my wife an email that she could receive ten years later so that if I die before then, she would think I was communicating from the grave.