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Microsoft Exchange introduced this feature years ago. I once did mistake of sending mail to wrong person in my university and within seconds of clicking "send
by sharjeel 18y ago
Microsoft Exchange introduced this feature years ago.
I once did mistake of sending mail to wrong person in my university and within seconds of clicking "send" I'd realized what I'd done as well as the consequences of it. I rushed to the sys admin who calmly said "No problem, we'll take it out from queue. On average a message, outside our domain, takes fiteen MINUTES to get dispatched!". And he removed mine from the queue. This was back in 2002.
- furyg3 18y agoExch Admins can play with these settings. Adjusting when the queue runs is one option, but you could be unlucky and hit send when there's a small queue that's running in 10 seconds. I think admins can also force a delay, which is a different operation than spooling it for the normal SMTP process. Outlook/Exchange users can also delay sending (though reneging may take an admin to do): http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1638/how_to_delay_sending_message_outlook/ http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1638/how_to_delay_sending_mes... . Gmail needs this feature badly! Handy if you'd like to compose a announcement early or appear to be working hard at 6 when you really left early to hit the links :)