OT: Email recall - What was the point?

[ted leslie]

i would love that option of undo in gmail, as sometimes some key slip i make sends the email before i am finished,
but i looked for the setting you mentioned, and can't find it. ???

tl

On Tue, 25 May 2010 11:44:13 -0400
Fabio FZero <fabio.fzero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Well, gmail has "Undo send", but it only works for 5 seconds after you
> hit send (more if you configure is differently). Anyway this is
> *completely* different from recalling an email after it has been sent
> - and totally useless if you send something like...
> 
> To: all-//Bz/+gSJx1BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
> From: me-//Bz/+gSJx1BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
> Subject: UR ALL ASSHOLEZ! LOLZ!
> 
> - FZ
> 
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:39, Yanni Chiu <yanni-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > William Muriithi wrote:
> >>
> >> Which bring the question, why did Microsoft ever place such a useless
> >> feature on their application? When was it ever able to work?
> >
> > The useful scenario I've seen is where an email is sent out to a large group
> > (e.g. company wide), but there's wrong information or missing/wrong
> > attachment. People who've already read the email before the recall, will
> > have it in their inbox. Others, who have not yet retrieved the email, will
> > never know of the incorrect version, and won't be bothered with the
> > incorrect information.
> >
> > If the mistake is caught and fixed early, only a small percentage of the
> > 100's or more recipients will see the mistake.
> >
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