Utilizing the "Send Emails Later" Function of the Autoresponder Emails

Sending an autoresponder email right after the user submits the form may not always be the right way for you. You may want to notify your users at a later date. If for example, you have a hotel booking form, you can notify your form's respondents 1 day before their check-in date with this function.

To set up the Send Emails Later function: Click on SETTINGS at the top of your form builder's screen. At the left section of the screen, click on EMAILS. Upon hovering over the Autoresponder, a pencil icon will appear. Click on it to open the settings of your Autoresponder. 

If you don't have any Autoresponder Email set up in your form, please follow this guide: Setting up an Autoresponder Email

After opening the settings of your Autoresponder, simply click the ADVANCED tab. There, you will see the Send Emails Later option.

There are many options to choose from the dropdown list in order to decide when you would like your emails to be sent.

1. Right away: This is the default option, autoresponder emails are sent right after the submission is received.
2. 7 Days: Email is sent 7 days after the submission date.
3. 14 Days: Email is sent 14 days after the submission date.
4. On a later date: After clicking this option, you can choose your preferred date of email to be sent from the opening date field.
5. checkin/notifydate: These are the date fields that appear in the demo form I have prepared for this guide. By choosing them, your form's respondents can specify the date they would like to receive the email.  If you have another date field on your form, it will also appear on your "Send Emails Later" dropdown list.

So let's see this function in action taking the example mentioned above, let's say we have a hotel booking form and we would like to notify our guests about their check-in date, one day before the day they will check-in. In order to do it first, we need to create a simple booking form as seen below.