Drafts
Missive brings collaboration to drafting, making it easy to prepare responses together with your team.
Collaborative drafts
When multiple people have access to a conversation, they can view, edit, and collaborate on drafts in real time.
Teammates with access can:
View the draft as it is being written
Edit it simultaneously, like Google Docs
Review content before sending
Use Canned responses to insert pre-written content
Use AI to generate or refine the message
When someone starts editing a draft that another person is already working on, Missive automatically enables collaborative mode. You see each other's cursors and changes appear in real time.
Accessing drafts
View all drafts from the Drafts section in the sidebar. Every message you or your team is preparing appears there.
When viewing the Drafts mailbox, use the toggle at the top of the list to switch between your drafts and others':
Sharing new drafts
Drafts created as replies are automatically visible to everyone with access to the conversation.
New drafts (created via New email) are private until you share them. To share:
@mention someone in the comment box, or
Click the avatar icon at the top of the conversation to add people
Email mentions
Add recipients to the To, CC, or BCC fields by mentioning them in the email body. Type @ followed by a name or email address, and Missive suggests matching contacts.
By default, mentions are added to the To field. Change this behavior in Settings > Preferences > Composer > Typing to use CC or BCC instead.
Scheduling drafts
Schedule drafts to send at a specific time, or set up automatic follow-ups that cancel if someone replies first.
Send Later
Send Later lets you write an email now but have it delivered at a specific time. Perfect for:
Reaching recipients in different time zones during their business hours
Writing emails at night but sending them in the morning
Queuing messages for optimal delivery times
To schedule a draft:
Write your email as usual
Click the plane + clock icon next to the Send button, or press ⌘/Ctrl + J
Pick a time from the presets, type a natural phrase, or choose from the calendar
The draft will be sent automatically at the scheduled time.
Discard draft if someone replies
Enable this option when scheduling to cancel the send if the recipient (or anyone on the thread) replies before your scheduled time.
This is useful for follow-up emails—write your "Just checking in..." message immediately, schedule it for a few days out, and let Missive automatically cancel it if they respond first.
Viewing scheduled messages
Scheduled drafts appear in the Send Later mailbox:
Click + Pin to sidebar
Select Send Later
You can also see the scheduled time displayed in the conversation and in the composer.
Editing or canceling
To edit a scheduled draft:
Open the conversation
Click the draft to edit it
Make changes and save, or click Unschedule to cancel
Send & Snooze
Send & Snooze combines two actions: it sends your message immediately AND sets a follow-up reminder on the conversation.
Use this when you want to:
Send an email and be reminded if you don't hear back
Send a request and follow up in a few days automatically
To use Send & Snooze:
Write your email
Click the dropdown arrow next to Send
Select Send & Snooze
Pick when you want to be reminded
The email sends immediately. The conversation moves to your Snoozed mailbox and returns to your Inbox at the scheduled time—unless someone replies first (if that option is enabled).
Scheduling options
Both Send Later and conversation snoozing share the same time picker with multiple ways to choose a time.
Preset times
Later today
In 3 hours (default)
This afternoon
Today at 1:00 PM
This evening
Today at 7:00 PM
Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 8:00 AM
This weekend
Saturday at 10:00 AM
Next week
Monday at 8:00 AM
Sometime
Random time within your configured range
Relative times
Schedule for a specific duration from now:
In X minutes
In X hours
In X days
In X weekdays (skips weekends)
In X weeks
In X months
Specific day of week
Pick any day: Next Monday, Next Tuesday, etc.
Custom date and time
Click Pick date & time to open the calendar and choose any date and time.
Natural language
Type phrases directly in the search field:
"next Tuesday at 3pm"
"in 2 hours"
"tomorrow morning"
"Friday at noon"
Missive parses your input and shows matching options.
Customizing defaults
Adjust the preset times and enable/disable options you don't use:
Go to Settings > Preferences > Snoozes
Modify times for each preset
Add custom time slots (e.g., "Early morning" at 6:00 AM)
You can also click the gear icon directly in the time picker to access these settings.
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