You can give messages you send in Outlook an expiration date. Once the expiration date has been reached the message header is still visible in Outlook, it will however have a strikethrough. The email can still be opened and accessed but will give give the recipient the indication message is no longer relevant.

- Create a new email message

- In the Ribbon, goto Options on the Message tab.

- In the bottom right corner click the arrow pointing downward

- In the message options window under Delivery Options tick the expires after checkbox. Select the desired date and time.

- Now click Close

If you send email to the same group of people all the time and find yourself getting tired of manually typing in their email address all the time look no further. Creating a distribution list will let you send email to multiple people without having to type in each and every persons address.


- Go to the Standard toolbar. Click New -> Distribution List
(If your Standard toolbar is not displayed, click File -> New -> Distribution List)

- A blank Distribution List will appear. Type a name for your distribution list.

- Go to the Ribbon and in the Members section, and click Select Members (The Select Members window will appear)

- Simply double-click each contact you want to add to the list. (They will now appear in the Members box)

- Once you've selected all the people you want to add to your distribution list, click OK

- In the Distribution List window, go to the Ribbon and in the Actions section, click Save & Close and you're done!

The distribution list you just created will now appear in your contacts.