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Does this action place the email in the outbox of my phone (so it will be sent when a connection is restored), or does the action fail if there's no coverage/Wifi/connection?

The action fails when there's no working internet connection.

Martin wrote:The action fails when there's no working internet connection.

Is there a way to test if it's failed (so I can wait and try again)?

You can attach another action to the Gmail-action then select the connection between the two actions, press the edit-button and switch the type of the connection to Exception. Such an Exception-connection is only executed when the previous action fails. You could attach an action Sleep with such a connection and then connect back to the Gmail-action to create a loop that tries to send the mail multiple times.

Martin wrote:You can attach another action to the Gmail-action then select the connection between the two actions, press the edit-button and switch the type of the connection to Exception. Such an Exception-connection is only executed when the previous action fails. You could attach an action Sleep with such a connection and then connect back to the Gmail-action to create a loop that tries to send the mail multiple times.

Ah-ha. Another great feature I'd not spotted. Will apply it.

As an aside, this won't work with sending SMS, will it? As far as I can tell the send of the SMS can fail without the flow failing, right? And I can't test if the txt is delivered either. So sending SMS is pretty much 'send and pray', right?

Yes, SMS is send and pray for the time being. I have a request on my todo-list to support SMS delivery confirmations.

Thanks Martin

Martin wrote:Yes, SMS is send and pray for the time being. I have a request on my todo-list to support SMS delivery confirmations.

Is SMS delivery confirmation likely in the next release after the current EAP?

I have not made the plans for version 1.29 yet but I'll increase the priority of this feature request so it's more likely to be included.

Thanks Martin