automated emails are not sent

Hi,

You need to have subscription confirmation enabled to send an automatic newsletter upon confirmation, as MailPoet marks them as confirmed once they subscribe.

Hi how long should it take to send out automatic newsletters?

I cannot seem to get them to send, I have st up two and both are blue, currently have one as green but its juts sits there unless I click the ‘Don’t wait & send right now’ option.

Cannot link to my site as it is an intranet.

You two need a Cron Job on your server to ensure that your automatic newsletters go out on time: https://support.mailpoet.com/knowledgebase/understanding-the-cron/