Re: message-dont-send in queue folder not in draft folder

[Tim Landscheidt <tim@tim-landscheidt.de>]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:

>> I don't understand the issue here (or did not understand your original
>> post).

>> When I compose an email unplugged, if I don't send it (C-c C-d), it goes
>> in drafts; if I send it (C-c C-c), it goes in the queue.  How is your
>> needs different from the default behaviour?

> My problem is that my draft folder contains some 20 messages, basically
> messages that are half done.

> But sometimes I write 2 emails one after another, but I want to send
> both say 2 hours later. Of course I can save them in the draft folder
> but since that folder contains say 20 message. I don't find this
> convenient.

> Best would be to save these messages in the queue folder since it
> remains me later to send these messages.

> Now I could unplug gnus write these messages «send» them and plugin gnus
> again. But I prefer to have gnus plugged in almost always, since some
> message might arrive in the meantime.

I do not use the plugging mechanism, but do you know about
gnus-delay-article
(https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Delayed-Articles.html)
and if it fits your use case?

(The last paragraph in the manual about having to delete
Date from message-draft-headers is outdated since Emacs 28.1
(?), but checking with a test mail does not hurt before
using it for something important.)

Tim