I’m going to assume that you’re like me, and there has been more than one occasion where you accidentally let an email go before proofreading.
Maybe your fingers were a little greasy from that taco you just ate for lunch, and your fingers slipped and somehow sent your email in GMail. I’ve done this, and you usually hear a “Nooooo!” down the hall when it happens.
In the labs area of GMail (under settings), there is a new feature you can enable called “Undo Send”. In a nutshell, you can recall an email from being sent as long as you left-click on the undo link after accidentally sending an email. I hear you’ll get about 5 seconds to recall your email before the opportunity is gone.
This is the description provided in the labs area:
Oops, hit “Send” too soon? Stop messages from being sent for a few seconds after hitting the send button. – By Yuzo F
Give it a shot and drop a comment on what you think.
-SC-
3 Comments on "GMail Labs – Undo Send a Godsend?"
This is long overdue and I am sure we will see Y! and Hotmail follow suit. I think the 5 second windows is not long enough, but it is better than nothing. Just another reason why Google is so popular.
Yeah, i’ve felt the same way, although it might have taken me longer than a couple of seconds after I hit send to wish I hadn’t.
-Jack
Thanks for sharing.