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posted by takyon on Wednesday June 24 2015, @08:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the hangover dept.

Google's Gmail has graduated an unsend email option that had existed in the "Labs" section of the settings for years:

With the option, Gmailers get the chance to click an "undo send" link at the top of the screen after clicking "send" on any e-mail message. As with the original Labs version, the option, which now lives in the service's "general" settings tab, lets users pick a safety timespan between 5-30 seconds. Messages won't actually send until that time runs out, unless a user clicks the "view message" tab next to "undo," at which point a message will immediately whisk through the Internet's many tubes and reach its recipient.

The six-year-old option, which won't be turned on for the general public by default, had previously lived in Gmail's Labs tab, so if users wanted to enable it, they had to bypass a stark warning about "experimental" features that could "change, break, or disappear at any time." Major competitors like Hotmail and Yahoo Mail have yet to offer a similar option.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday June 24 2015, @08:58PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Wednesday June 24 2015, @08:58PM (#200594) Homepage

    I dunno, this seems more for somebody who accidentally replied all, or sent embarassing things to the wrong person. Something where they can see what went wrong and immediately fix it.

    Somebody who sends an e-mail that they mean to send but only in the heat of passion will need a lot more than 30 seconds of "cool-down time" before they regret their actions. It's why in my perfect world such a feature would allow real recalls right up until the recipient(s) opened the e-mail, or at least right up until the point the recipients log in.

    Of course with everybody connected at all times with apps and mobile bullshit, my suggestion may be moot.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by SubiculumHammer on Wednesday June 24 2015, @09:06PM

    by SubiculumHammer (5191) on Wednesday June 24 2015, @09:06PM (#200602)

    Ethanol-fueled comments need no edits!