# How long does it take for Write.as Letters to publish?

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-write-as-letters-to-publish/13964>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 13, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-write-as-letters-to-publish/13964 "2024-10-13T13:03:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikeschnier](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/mikeschnier/32/4207_2.png) [@mikeschnier](https://discuss.write.as/u/mikeschnier)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-write-as-letters-to-publish/13964/1 "2024-10-13T13:03:26Z")

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Hey Matt and the Write.as community, I’ve been trying Write.as this week and I just subscribed to the Pro version. I really enjoy the service so far. In terms of price, privacy and features, no other hosted service beats it. Seriously impressed!

I had one quick question about the Letters: _When_ do they publish? I can tell that it’s not immediate, which is great because that gave me a few moments to make corrections to a link before the email showed up in my inbox. But I’d like to understand how much time I have.

Also is it possible to send out certain updates as Blog only so I don’t clutter my subscribers’ inboxes?

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**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-write-as-letters-to-publish/13964/2 "2024-10-13T15:57:46Z")

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Hey, that’s great to hear! Glad you’re liking it so far.

All posts have a **15 minute delay** for sending out via email. This also includes future-dated posts – as long as they don’t get sent out initially, they’ll go out 15 minutes after the “published” date you set.

> [@mikeschnier](#):
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> Also is it possible to send out certain updates as Blog only so I don’t clutter my subscribers’ inboxes?

Unfortunately we don’t support this right now, but we will in the future! This has been a long-requested feature.

For now, one workaround is to create a post and set its “published” date to a time in the past, outside that 15 minute window when it would send (say, 30 minutes earlier). You can also find other workarounds in this feature request thread: ["Send to Subscribers" Option for email - #5 by justinf](https://discuss.write.as/t/send-to-subscribers-option-for-email/3295/5)

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**Author:** ![mikeschnier](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/mikeschnier/32/4207_2.png) [@mikeschnier](https://discuss.write.as/u/mikeschnier)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-write-as-letters-to-publish/13964/3 "2024-10-13T18:38:57Z")

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Brilliant! Thanks.