How to unsend Gmail without Undo

[LOUISSSSS]

Just learned about Undo in Gmail. Just enabled it.

10 minutes ago though, I've sent an email that I'd like to unsend. is it possible if i didn't have that setting enabled?

 

[slayer202]

doesn't work like that, obviously. it's just a 30 second delay when you send an email

 

[SlitheryDee]

Dunno. Sneak into their house and delete it before they see it?

 

[TwiceOver]

Yeah, it's not really "Unsend", that's such a horrible fucking term that now everyone thinks is reality. What Google does is delay your sending for up to 30 seconds.

Exchange has a "Recall" function, but it only works within your organization and only if the message is unread.

 

[Rakehellion]

Why do people send emails they don't want to send?

 

[allisolm]

Not that I can see. And 10 minutes would be way too late anyway. The undo feature delays the sending of the email for up to 30 seconds - no more.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

you can only undo it within that 30 second window before it actually gets sent.

there's a service called dmail that let's you revoke access to an email at any point in time.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/23/dmail-makes-your-gmail-messages-self-destruct/

 

[Rakehellion]

I don't think anyone has said this yet, Gmail's undo feature only delays sending the message by 30 seconds so it doesn't work retroactively.

 

[Zee]

Yeah, it's not really "Unsend", that's such a horrible fucking term that now everyone thinks is reality. What Google does is delay your sending for up to 30 seconds.

Exchange has a "Recall" function, but it only works within your organization and only if the message is unread.

Novell also has a function that pulls out. works better than exchange.

 

[brianmanahan]

Why do people send emails they don't want to send?

a number of possible reasons:

- flaring temper causes OP to send irrational email
- new information makes OP's email incorrect or irrelevant
- unfortunate coincidence makes OP's email sound particularly tasteless
- OP accidentally sent email that was intended for wife to girlfriend
- tourettes episode results in OP to sprinkle email liberally with swares
- possession by demon causes OP to write satanic message in email
- OP achieves enlightenment and wants to rewrite email in hindi

so which was it, OP?

 

[TwiceOver]

a number of possible reasons:

- flaring temper causes OP to send irrational email

so which was it, OP?

I had a user go off on me because he couldn't recall a message he sent the night before. Half the staff had read it. I guess he has a habit of writing the email "the way he *wants*" to put things but then goes back and edits himself.

Not a great idea.

He was let go a couple weeks later.

 

[brianmanahan]

He was let go a couple weeks later.

nice, that had to be a pretty cheeky email

 

[Markbnj]

Yeah, it's not really "Unsend", that's such a horrible fucking term that now everyone thinks is reality. What Google does is delay your sending for up to 30 seconds.

Exchange has a "Recall" function, but it only works within your organization and only if the message is unread.

I used to love getting those "So and so has recalled this message" messages from exchange server in Outlook. Too late, idiot.

 

[jlee]

Just learned about Undo in Gmail. Just enabled it.

10 minutes ago though, I've sent an email that I'd like to unsend. is it possible if i didn't have that setting enabled?

 

[TwiceOver]

I used to love getting those "So and so has recalled this message" messages from exchange server in Outlook. Too late, idiot.

Yeah. To me that recall message was always a huge "Hey, you should read that email I sent you" flag.

 

[Childs]

I guess he has a habit of writing the email "the way he *wants*" to put things but then goes back and edits himself.

Not a great idea.

Thats a terrible idea. lol Dude must talk to himself in mirrors.

 

[Fayd]

Novell also has a function that pulls out. works better than exchange.

Pulling out doesn't always work.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Pull the Ethernet cable from your PC, then burn the Ethernet cable; the email will be destroyed as well.

If you have wifi, shoot the air around your PC, one of the bullets is bound to destroy the email.

 

[brianmanahan]

If you have wifi, shoot the air around your PC, one of the bullets is bound to destroy the email.

wifi is really fast so you need to use lasers, because they are almost as fast as light

 

[Newell Steamer]

wifi is really fast so you need to use lasers, because they are almost as fast as light

Excellent point.

OP, use lasers.

 

[KillerBee]

in case all above fails..send out a "My gmail has been hacked notice" and CC them to CYA

 

[Spacehead]

Can't you just delete the internet?

 

[stormkroe]

Just send the exact same email again, only 180° out of phase, and it'll cancel out in his memory. Of course, the email/anti-email annihilation could kill him if the energy can't get out, say through a stopped up nose.
Your call.

 

[Markbnj]

Novell also has a function that pulls out.

I used that function and now I have three kids.