Mar
20
2009
Gmail Adds “Unsend Email” Feature
Posted by Sly in alcohol, back to the future, beer, booze, email, internet
That’s right, Gmail now lets you ‘unsend’ emails- but only if you react with a five second timeframe. I think they should let their users determine how long the emails are held. Especially since my most regretful emails are sent while drunk, and five seconds is not nearly enough. Of course, too long, and the convenience of email fades… maybe two or three minutes would be a good timeframe.
Now the next time you accidentally include your grandmother’s email address in an email to your girlfriend, you won’t have to spend the next three hours in the shower and the subsequent hour huddled under an electric blanket.
Now, if only I used Gmail, I could take advantage of this sweet, embarrassment-saving feature.
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I’ve had access to a similar feature before. It does no good if people receive it right away. Instead, they just get a message that says, “So-and-so would like to rescind the message you just read.”
That is a useless feature if they receive the email right away.