# Individual email does not send itself automatically **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [October 16, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/individual-email-does-not-send-itself-automatically/29670 "2023-10-16T09:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![mzagmajster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mzagmajster/32/687_2.png) [@mzagmajster](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mzagmajster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/individual-email-does-not-send-itself-automatically/29670/2 "2023-10-16T10:05:30Z")
I suspect wrong use of published/publish & unpublish settings, see if this post clears it up: > [@Email channel publish / unpublished](https://forum.mautic.org/t/email-channel-publish-unpublished/24206/2): > > Published means if a newsletter is active or not. Can it be sent or not. The Publish at and unpublish at are independent from the Publish settings. These two values will describe a validity window, when the email is sent out to any contacts who happen to be in the segment specified above. If you set these values for the future, then you can schedule an email for a future send. Don’t forget to close the sending window with the second future date, otherwise anyone who joins the segment one year … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.mautic.org/t/individual-email-does-not-send-itself-automatically/29670)._