Quick! Recall that email message

re: Quick! Recall that email message

msperry — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:29:39 GMT

This is a great tip David. My other favorite for these situations is to allow messages to stew in the Outbox for 10 minutes before actually being sent, because it's always right after I hit the Send button that I think of the things that I really needed to say (or attach!).

As you probably know, to wait 10 or maybe 30 minutes after hitting the Send button simply go to Tools...Options...and uncheck the button that says "Send immediately when connected". It works for me; at least for those times that I've actually hit Send too quickly. :)

Mike Sperry

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re: Quick! Recall that email message

Patrickhw — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:47:30 GMT

The recommendations are incorrect for Outlook 2010. there is no mail tab or action choice.

re: Quick! Recall that email message

Leslie Cole — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:01:55 GMT

Gil, This is an amazing tip. Thank you!

Leslie

re: Quick! Recall that email message

Gil Vinokoor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:27:44 GMT

Here's a way to give yourself a minute to stop any email from being sent, without rushing to recall it.

I created a rule with the name "Delay 1 min before sending emails".

In Word 2007, set the rule with this description:

Apply this rule after I send the message

defer delivery by 1 minutes

except if assigned to SendNow category

This will delay sending of any email you write by 1 minute, unless you categorize it with the label "SendNow".

Of course, you can change the time delay to be longer or shorter, change the category name and color, and make all sorts of other modifications to the rule.

Hope this helps - it's helped me numerous times! :)

Gil