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id: KB-CO-014
url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/consigne/scheduling-a-send-for-later
idioma: en
categoria: consigne
subcategoria: enviar
audiencia: usuario
nivel: intermedio
actualizado: 2026-08-13
tambienEn: [es]
relacionados: [KB-CO-010, KB-TL-013]
citadoPor: [KB-CO-017, KB-CC-016]
enLaApp: https://app.codecontract.io/consigne
---

# Scheduling a send

_So it goes out when it should, not when you happen to have a moment._

**Responde a:** schedule a document send · send a contract on a specific date · have it go out monday morning · automatic renewal sends

Preparing something on a Thursday afternoon so it goes out Monday at nine is not convenience: it is the difference between being read and being lost among weekend email.

**En corto**

- Prepared when you can, sent when it suits.
- It can be cancelled or corrected while it has not gone.
- Anything tied to a date — a renewal, an expiry — is scheduled once and repeats.

## When scheduling helps

| Situation | When to send |
| --- | --- |
| An amendment for the whole workforce | Tuesday or Wednesday morning |
| An annual renewal | On the right day, even if it is a holiday for you |
| Something depending on a prior signature | When that signature exists, not before |
| Documents to a new client | Immediately; waiting adds nothing here |

_Friday afternoon is the worst moment for almost anything requiring someone to act._

## What can change before it goes

- The document, if you have spotted an error.
- The recipients, if someone is missing or surplus.
- The date, as often as you like.
- Cancelling entirely, leaving no trace for the recipient because it never reached them.

> [!WARNING]
> Scheduling and forgetting carries a risk: it goes out after the situation has changed. If you schedule more than two weeks ahead, set yourself a reminder to review it first.

> [!NOTE]
> Scheduling the annual renewal on the same date each year means third parties expect it. That raises delivery more than anything you can write in the email.

**What if the date is a public holiday?**

It still goes; if that matters, move the date when preparing.

**Can I schedule reminders as well as the send?**

Yes, the rhythm is set when scheduling.

**Is the credit taken at scheduling or at sending?**

At sending, which is when it actually goes.

## Ejemplos

**A company prepares eighty employee amendments on Thursday.**

- Schedules them for Tuesday at nine

→ Open rates are far higher than the previous round, sent at six on a Friday evening.

**A notice goes out on a Friday at seven in the evening.**

- Schedules the send for Monday morning

→ The notice arrives when somebody can act on it.

**An annual renewal is sent whenever somebody remembers.**

- Schedules the send with the needed lead time

→ Renewal stops depending on memory.

**A campaign is prepared and must launch on set dates.**

- Leaves it scheduled while preparing it

→ It goes out on the date even if that day brings something else.

**It is scheduled and then the recipient changes.**

- Reviews what is scheduled before it goes

→ No notice goes to somebody who no longer applies.

**Sends are scheduled in August.**

- Adjusts dates to the sector's calendar

→ Response rates do not collapse.