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Google’s Gmail testing out e-mail recall feature

March 27, 2009 By: Allan Category: Recover Lost Documents

Google’s Gmail e-mail service is testing a feature that will allow users to recall e-mails they have been sent by mistake. Gmail’s feature can retrieve messages before they are delivered and is being introduced to users worldwide.

Daniel Ionescu stated in his article for PC World that Gmail’s new “Undo Send” feature lets a user abort the delivery of any Gmail message within moments of sending it. Gmail’s new feature can be activated from the Settings/Labs tab in Gmail.

Once the feature is activated, a new “Undo” link will appear beside every sent e-mail confirmation. If “Undo” is clicked, it will take the user back to the composing window and confirm the retrieval of the e-mail. The feature, however, only holds e-mails in a queue for five seconds, giving the user time to think about it, but only for five seconds.

Previous Labs features on Gmail that allow users to not send a message include the Forgotten Attachment Detector, which will notice the lack of an attachment if it is mentioned in the body copy, and Mail Googles, which asks the user to answer a few math questions before sending out an e-mail.

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