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I wonder if you can get the same effect by writing the email but clicking the "Delete" button instead
by alexyim 17y ago
I wonder if you can get the same effect by writing the email but clicking the "Delete" button instead
- abstractbill 17y agoYou definitely can. I write awful horrible insensitive scathing emails to people, and then delete them in the morning without sending them. I get the catharsis, and I don't lose any friends (actual or potential) in the process - everyone wins!
- tel 17y agoThe scary part is that delete and send are pretty close to each other in gmail.
- alexyim 17y agoHow many times have you deleted an email when you wanted to send one?
- jules 17y agoIn Gmail? Zero, because you can undelete.
- amohr 17y agoIf you act fast, you can unsend too.
- hvasishth 17y agohow?
- stanleydrew 17y agoEnable "undo send" in labs and then just hit 'z' (assuming you have keyboard shortcuts enabled too).
- abstractbill 17y agoYes, absolutely. That's why I never fill out the To field when writing an email that I'm not sure I should send.
- dennisgorelik 17y agoWithout "To" field you risk to forget who you are angry at.
- hboon 17y agoI type it into the top line of the email, cutting and pasting it to "To" right before I send. Helps prevents those "oops! sorry I sent you the previous email before compelting it because I accidentally hit the Send button."
- lurkerperpetual 17y agoI usually append an extra character to the To: email address so it bounces in case I accidentally send it
- mmastrac 17y agoJust make sure it's not a dot: http://www.dns-sd.org/TrailingDotsInDomainNames.html http://www.dns-sd.org/TrailingDotsInDomainNames.html
- deleted 17y ago[deleted]
- rokhayakebe 17y agoUndo
- adrianwaj 17y agoPeople in hospitality do that with their inner voices rather than blowing up at customers all the time.
- shrughes 17y agoYes, you can. At least it works for me.
- dnsworks 17y agoIn these occasions I find myself writing a draft of a letter, then re-writing it 5 or 6 times as my anger subsides. What starts out as a 10-page tome usually turns into 3 paragraphs of "Hey, this wasn't so great, Here's how I'd love to see it done."
- wheels 17y agoI once heard someone say, "The quality of a man is measured by the size of his drafts folder relative to his sent folder."