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Is it beyond the realms of technological possibility to 'recall' emails?

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by dove_from_above

I'm guessing yes. But would it be in any way feasible to recall an email you may have sent before it'd been opened by the recipitent? Or I'm guessing once it's gone, it's gone, right? I'm being stupid, aren't I?

How good would that be though? The amount of people that would avoid the sack would be pretty substantial, I'd reckon

This thread is inspired by me making a tit of myself at work just now

dove_from_above | 13 May '08, 10:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

You can do it on Outlook

but it doesn't always work and I'm not sure how...

Helpful, huh?


^ This.

However, it only works if your system lets you andt hey have not opened it.

Email = bad.


i used to have a server where i could do this,

but now i'm on outlook, so you just have to click carefully


Nothing terrible

Just sent something which could be perceived as sarcasm, and actually wasn't. Not a big deal really


the other day I sent a rude joke to the wrong person at work

the relief was awesome when it told me that the recall had worked.


boring

thought i was going to get something juicy for a minute there :(


outlook...

go to

sent messages
open the message you want to recall
go to 'action'
'recall this message'
it gives you some options.
if they've opened it i don't think you can .


Yes.

But I think it depends on whether you share the same server or not.

So, externally sent emails mostly won't work. Internal ones do though.

Also, the receipient gets a 'dove_from_above' would like to recall message sent at 11.07' notification and IF they open the email before they open that notification, it's too late for you.