Use AutoHotKey to send an email via commandline will work. Have used this method to send a generated file from a database export three times daily without a problem.

The scripting is fairly simple to learn.

 https://www.autohotkey.com/

Hi all, 

I am trying to make an "on-open new mail folder" filtering rule that triggers for incoming messages with "Date" field  between 9am and 6pm (09:00 - 18:00). Tried "Message date" rule, which contains both date and time to no avail. If I leave all the "date" fields blank and specify only 09:00:00 and 18:00:00 for beginning and ending time of trigger period, respectively, the rule won't trigger at all. If I specify a range of dates, the rule always triggers between set dates and times, not just within specified time period on each day. If I set the date fields using wildcards (?? or *), they are being converted to zeros and the rule again won't trigger regardless of the time fields settings. I don't think I am trying to achieve something very exotic here, and yes, I have searched the forums. This is meant to be applied to local mail, so time zone differences shouldn't matter. Any hints are greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Alex, v 4.7 standalone, Win 8.1

Hmmm - never set a filtering rule to apply within a set time range.

Could you explain why you want the rule to be triggered between these times and what the rule should do, please? While a solution for the trigger may not be available, someone may be able to suggest an alternative method.

Oops, sorry for the delayed reply! Thanks for the question! I simply want an auto reply to be sent during the indicated hours to let the senders know I am not able to respond immediately. 

Alex

I think what you will need is a set of rules using general expressions (Regex) joined together by an OR, ie if date line contains "date:*09:*" or date line contains "date:*10:*" or

date line contains "date:*11:*"   ....date line contains "date:*18:*" then send text message

Martin

Thanks for the hint, I was thinking along the same lines, except using "Received" field. Problem with time in "Date" field is that it is dependent on the time zone, and I don't see an easy way to analyze that even with regular expressions. Unfortunately we are almost straddling time zone border here.

Alex