OT: Email recall - What was the point?

[Howard Gibson]

On Tue, 25 May 2010 11:12:02 -0400
William Muriithi <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Once in a while, I get to assist someone who need recalling a mail. I
> have never seen one work. Personally, I would not even bother with it.
> However, it look like everybody know about the feature which mean it
> was well marketed, so the best way is to attempt it so that the user
> does not blame us for not attempting it.
> 
> Which bring the question, why did Microsoft ever place such a useless
> feature on their application? When was it ever able to work?  I
> suspect it was only for local mail, but they should have put the
> disclaimer along the feature
> 
> Anyway, not really a question, but a morning rant.

   I have received emails followed by another email recalling the first one.  This does tell me clearly that your first email was not valid.  If it contains personal information that should not have gotten out, you are out of luck.

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