Sent wrong email? No sweat, just recall
Washington: Recently, a discussion thread on an online forum went like
this:
Phimi: I accidentally sent an email to someone I've been badmouthing all
day. Is it possible to recall gmail messages...
Whitt33: ur about 2 get **** from that person...
Now, recall is possible. And you've got to thank Gmail for that.
Sending an email with a bunch of expletives may be your online equivalent
of exploding in a fit of rage. Or absentmindedly sending spicy gossip about a
person to that very person. The after-effects often have to be dealt with
later, causing enough embarrassment to make you cringe a long time.
Giving an email a second read can avoid many such goof-ups. Google's
Gmail now gives users an "Undo Send" feature for exactly such situations.
Introduced in Google's email programme, this feature holds a message for five
seconds before sending it. Gmail's sent mail confirmation message now includes
an "Undo" link. Clicking it will return a message to its draft form.
The feature does not allow users to recall a message that has already
been sent. "It holds the message for five seconds so you have a chance to hit
the panic button," Google said in its blog post on Thursday announcing the
feature.
Last year, Google introduced a feature, "Mail Goggles", designed to
prevent users from sending drunken emails by forcing users to solve five simple
math problems in less than a minute.
-Agencies
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