Answers.Body: <p>Check out this extension by CiviCoop: CiviRules. You can do exactly that -> delayed Actions: <a href="https://civicrm.org/extensions/civirules" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://civicrm.org/extensions/civirules</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thank you.
  Do I have to create my own action? I do not see an option to delay the E-Mail receipt there.
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Answers.Text: No need to create your own action -> you (likely) just need to also add CiviCoop’s Email API extension.
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Answers.Text: I see it now (did not have the email API extension enabled. Will it automatically send the receipt? Or do I need to make a whole template? Also will it automatically update the contribution as "receipt sent"?
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Answers.Text: Does this just delay the email being sent or does it also delay the creation of the receipt attached to said email?
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Body: <p>Is there a way I can delay when a automated E-Mail is sent.
  For Example - I would like the receipt email when one submits a contribution to be delayed by a few hours. 
  Thank you</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I have been trying it with the suggested answer below. I do not see any actions for "delay receipt." I have tried: trigger "Contribution Add", action "Send Email". That only allows me to select the User-Driven Messages and not System Workflow Messages. I tried to make a User-Driven Message but it does not seem to like smarties (I copied and pasted the default online receipt). I have a piece of custom data that is not being written to the table in time to be included on the System Workflow Online Receipt so I want to build a a delayed receipt so it can include that piece of information.
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Comments.Text: I now have it sending me an email but it does not include the donation data. I assume that it is because the User-Driven Messages work flow is not getting the contribution information from the CiviRule trigger.
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Tags: <civicontribute><civimail><receipts>
Title: Delay automated email like receipts
ThreadText: # Delay automated email like receipts
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-23)
  
  Is there a way I can delay when a automated E-Mail is sent.
  For Example - I would like the receipt email when one submits a contribution to be delayed by a few hours.
  Thank you
  
  **Tags:** civicontribute, civimail, receipts
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I have been trying it with the suggested answer below. I do not see any actions for "delay receipt." I have tried: trigger "Contribution Add", action "Send Email". That only allows me to select the User-Driven Messages and not System Workflow Messages. I tried to make a User-Driven Message but it does not seem to like smarties (I copied and pasted the default online receipt). I have a piece of custom data that is not being written to the table in time to be included on the System Workflow Online Receipt so I want to build a a delayed receipt so it can include that piece of information.  
  > **username_1**: I now have it sending me an email but it does not include the donation data. I assume that it is because the User-Driven Messages work flow is not getting the contribution information from the CiviRule trigger.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-24. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Check out this extension by CiviCoop: CiviRules. You can do exactly that -> delayed Actions: <https://civicrm.org/extensions/civirules>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thank you. Do I have to create my own action? I do not see an option to delay the E-Mail receipt there.  
  > **username_2**: No need to create your own action -> you (likely) just need to also add CiviCoop’s Email API extension.  
  > **username_0**: I see it now (did not have the email API extension enabled. Will it automatically send the receipt? Or do I need to make a whole template? Also will it automatically update the contribution as "receipt sent"?  
  > **username_1**: Does this just delay the email being sent or does it also delay the creation of the receipt attached to said email?  
  
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