If you are using Outlook.com (including live.com and Hotmail email accounts), Boomerang will automatically be loaded if you are on the newest Outlook.com platform. When you’re reading a message, you will be able to access Boomerang features by clicking the Boomerang icon in the upper right corner of a message, to the left of the Reply button. When you’re writing a message, you’ll be able to access Boomerang by clicking on the Boomerang icon below your message. If you’re using the new Outlook.com beta UI, you’ll need to click on the small gray arrow below your compose window, and locate Boomerang below the add-ins section. You can designate any new message or reply to send at a time of your choosing.
When you have a compose window open, click on the Add-ins button from the top bar and then select Boomerang. Depending on your account type, you may see a Boomerang icon in your top bar that you can click for quick access to the features. Once you have finished writing the message you would like to send later, click the Send Later button and choose a time. Your message will automatically be sent at the scheduled time, even if you're not online at that time!
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With recurring messages, you can designate a message (or a reply) to be sent at a regular interval. When you have a compose window open, click on the Add-ins button from the top bar and then select Boomerang. Depending on your account type, you may see a Boomerang icon in your top bar that you can click for quick access to the features.
Once you have finished writing your message, click the Send Later button, then look for the 'schedule recurring message' button and choose the start date, frequency, day of the week to send, and the end date. Open your Boomerang for Outlook manage page by click on the manage button at the bottom of the Boomerang taskpane. From there, select the Recurring Messages tab (you can also access it directly, ).
You will see a list of the messages you have scheduled to be sent on a recurring basis. You can use the buttons next to each message to reschedule or change the message parameters, and the changes will be saved immediately. You can also choose to skip just the next message rather than canceling the message. To reschedule a message click 'Reschedule' and choose a new time. To edit message contents or recipient list, click 'Edit.' You’ll be taken to your original message in a Compose window.
Make any changes you’d like, and your draft will autosave. Please make sure to close the window instead of pressing Send. If you click Send instead of closing the email, your message will send immediately, and every future attempt to send this recurring message will fail. Boomerang's read receipts use different technology than the read receipts built into Outlook, which provides three advantages:.
Boomerang's read receipts are cross-platform, so they will work when you send emails to users who are not on your domain. They work even if the recipient of your email is on another email system, such as Yahoo or Gmail. They also work if the recipient opens your email on a mobile device. Boomerang provides click tracking, which gives you information about whether or not the recipient of your email has read what you sent them.
Boomerang's read receipts integrate with Boomerang reminders so you can get a reminder if your email doesn't get opened. That way, you don't have to remember to follow up! Read receipts are different from traditional click and open tracking in that a recipient can opt-out of providing the data to the sender. Many other services use a covert form of tracking that involves inserting a 1X1 pixel image into the body of the email. When images are displayed, the sender receives a bunch of information, such as IP address, time of open, type of device the message was opened with, as well as the physical location of the reader.
We think this is all a bit creeptastic! We have done our best to implement a solution that respects the privacy of the reader while at the same time offering valuable information to the sender. You can think of Respondable as a personal email-writing assistant.
It lives in the lower right corner of your compose window and gives you a meter that reflects how likely it is you'll get a response based on a number of different factors. Based on our research, we have discovered certain writing characteristics that have a significant impact on whether or not you get a response.
The most significant factors are the ones you see featured. We wrote a swanky blog post about our research that you can take a look at. If you click on the meter, it will open up with details about the email you're currently working on and will adjust as you continue typing. With the help of Respondable, you'll be well on your way to writing the perfect email!
By default, Boomerang Respondable works entirely within your browser. It does not transmit any message data anywhere, for any purpose. If you choose to enable advanced machine learning features, Boomerang transmits message data using enterprise-grade encryption, analyzes the message data on a secure server, then transmits the analysis back via encrypted communication channels. After performing the analysis, Boomerang's servers immediately discard any personally-identifiable information connected with the analysis. Boomerang employees do not have access to any message data transmitted as part of your use of Respondable. You've discovered one of the limitations of artificial intelligence in its current form.
In any individual email, the machine learning can arrive at answers that do not make sense. In those cases, trust your judgment rather than the calculation. Politeness, positivity, and subjectivity rely on machine learning techniques that compare your writing to other samples of text that were used as training data. Because there's no 'objective' set of data that can translate how positive, polite, or subjective a set of words is, the machine learning techniques look for similarities between your writing and writing samples that come with an approximate numerical score for positivity, politeness, or subjectivity.
One common source of positivity training data is movie reviews - words that appear in reviews for poorly-rated movies tend to be more negative! We recommend treating the calculations as a general guidepost rather than a source of absolute truth. They will usually make sense, but not always. Whenever you're replying or composing a new message, you can access our calendar features by clicking Add-Ins in the top bar, then selecting Boomerang. On the right side, click Suggest Times. This will bring up a new window for you where you can view your calendar.
Click the calendar image with times that work for you and once you hit 'Insert into Email' we'll take care of the rest. If you're having trouble getting the scheduling window to show, please make sure you have pop-ups allowed for your browser. Inbox Pause harnesses the magic of Outlook rules and folders to temporarily divert messages from your Inbox into a folder until you unpause. Here’s what’s happening behind the scenes whenever you click 'pause':. Inbox Pause creates a folder (e.g., 'Inbox-Paused-2018-Jan-01'). Inbox Pause uses this folder to create a rule. This rule will automatically make all your emails skip your Inbox (except for those you have whitelisted using delivery exceptions, if applicable.) This rule will have a similar name to the folder Inbox Pause created (e.g., 'Inbox-Paused-2018-Jan-01').
If you have the auto-responder enabled, Inbox Pause will also turn on automatic replies accordingly. And that's it! When you click unpause, Boomerang moves all diverted emails from the folder back to your Inbox. It also gets rid of the rule that hid your incoming messages, and if applicable, turns off automatic replies. Don't worry, you can always unpause your Inbox by following these steps:. Turn off automatic replies If you enabled the auto-responder when you paused your Inbox, you will want to navigiate to the automatic replies section of your Outlook settings and turn automatic replies off. (,.
Delete the rules used by Inbox Pause to hide emails from your Inbox Navigate to the rules section of your Outlook (, ) Delete the rule(s) that have a name resembling 'Inbox-Paused-yyyy-mmm-dd.' . Move paused messages back to your Inbox The last step is to return the messages Inbox Pause hid back to your Inbox. These messages will be located in a folder with a name resembling 'Inbox-Paused-yyyy-mmm-dd'. Open this folder, select all messages, and move them back to your Inbox. Then delete the folder. The above steps should successfully unpause your Inbox.