We’ve all done it - hit the ‘send’ button and then really wish we hadn’t. Previously, there wasn’t much you could do really - offering profuse apologies was generally the only option. But with an Office 2007 Exchange Server email account you can recall messages after sending. This brief video runs through the process of recalling a message (assuming that it hasn’t already been read) by simply going to ‘Sent items’, opening the message, going to ‘Other Actions’ and then clicking on ‘Recall this message’.
If you have tendency to make this kind of error or your email correspondence is particularly sensitive, you might want to delay sending all your emails for a few minutes so you have time to reflect on what you’ve said. Using the ‘Rules’ option you can set up a deferred delivery time period - five minutes for example - which will give you time for second thoughts!
Videojug’s light-hearted explanation of how to recall an email you really wish you hadn’t sent is both informative and entertaining.
