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[technothrasher]

> I would also expect that guidance of "don't read your e-mail outside of working hours" would be sufficient to be able to send e-mail to employees at any day or hour

I sometimes want to send my employees emails over the weekend as I think of something and don't want to forget. But there are certain employees that I know will immediately act on the email, which I actually don't want. So I end up emailing myself and then forwarding them the email on Monday morning.

[latexr → technothrasher]

> So I end up emailing myself and then forwarding them the email on Monday morning.

Certain clients (like Apple’s email app) allow you to schedule emails to be automatically sent at a later date.

[mrguyorama → technothrasher]

> I think of something and don't want to forget.

This is a you problem. Fix the forgetting part, you are management that's literally your job. Leave a post it somewhere, start keeping a checklist, whatever.

Stop making it your employees' problem.

[rbits → mrguyorama]

He did fix the forgetting part, that's what sending an email to himself was for

[LunaSea → mrguyorama]

It's the employee's fault for reading work email during weekends, not the managers.

[IanCal → technothrasher]

Does your client not support delaying emails? Gmail has schedule send for example.