Hello everyone,
I’ve set up a Zap that is supposed to send personalized emails to a list of contacts using Microsoft Outlook. The flow consists of 3 steps:
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Trigger: New row in a Google Sheet – Each row contains a contact's name and email address.
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Action: Delay For – Set to 30 seconds, to avoid hitting Outlook sending limits or bans.
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Action: Send Email via Microsoft Outlook.
The intention is to send each email with at least a 30-second interval between them.
The problem I’m facing is the following:
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Sometimes all emails are sent at once, completely ignoring the delay.
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Other times, only the first email is sent, and the Zap doesn’t continue with the rest of the rows.
What I’ve checked so far:
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The delay step is configured as “Delay For” (not “Delay Until”).
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Outlook account is properly connected and authorized.
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The Zap is set to trigger from multiple new rows at once, and not individually per row.
Has anyone faced a similar issue? Is there a better way to space out multiple emails when looping through rows from a Google Sheet? I’m open to restructuring the flow if needed, as long as it allows safe, spaced-out email sending via Outlook.
Any help or best practices would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance,
Giorgos --Details removed by moderator--
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