How do I cancel or recall emails ??

Hi,

I'm not sure if this can be done or not but lets say I've sent an email to
someone and 5 minutes later or an hour later I realize I wish I had never
sent it. Is there a way to "recall" or "cancel" that particular email, kinda
like you'd cancel a newsgroup message ? Please tell me if and most
importantly HOW this can be done, in the most practical way that is.

Thanks,

Daniel

Daniel

"Daniel" <> wrote in
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> I'm not sure if this can be done or not but lets say I've sent an
> email to someone and 5 minutes later or an hour later I realize I wish
> I had never sent it. Is there a way to "recall" or "cancel" that
> particular email, kinda like you'd cancel a newsgroup message ? Please
> tell me if and most importantly HOW this can be done, in the most
> practical way that is.

Not possible. I remember it being possible through AOL's proprietary
service, provided that:
A) You are on AOL
B) The receiver is on AOL
C) The message hasn't been opened yet

Otherwise, no, not possible.

Also, even though you /can/ cancel a newsgroup post, almost no servers will
respect that cancel request, as a cancel is very easy to forge. In a
matter of minutes, I could cancel every post to this group in the past
week.

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nope.

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"Daniel" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure if this can be done or not but lets say I've sent an email to
> someone and 5 minutes later or an hour later I realize I wish I had never
> sent it. Is there a way to "recall" or "cancel" that particular email,
kinda
> like you'd cancel a newsgroup message ? >

with microsoft outlook click on the send message then action and recall
message this only work if recipient hasnt open it and agree.....

Arnaud
"Daniel" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure if this can be done or not but lets say I've sent an email to
> someone and 5 minutes later or an hour later I realize I wish I had never
> sent it. Is there a way to "recall" or "cancel" that particular email,
kinda
> like you'd cancel a newsgroup message ? Please tell me if and most
> importantly HOW this can be done, in the most practical way that is.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
>
>

It only works when you are using Outlook in "corporate workgroup" mode, in
conjunction with an Exchange email server (office environment). This alone
severely limits the possibilities of using the reall feature.



"Arno and Triny" <> wrote in message
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> with microsoft outlook click on the send message then action and recall
> message this only work if recipient hasnt open it and agree.....
>
> Arnaud
> "Daniel" <> wrote in message
> news:E1PKb.11199$ts4.545@pd7tw3no...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this can be done or not but lets say I've sent an email
to
> > someone and 5 minutes later or an hour later I realize I wish I had
never
> > sent it. Is there a way to "recall" or "cancel" that particular email,
> kinda
> > like you'd cancel a newsgroup message ? Please tell me if and most
> > importantly HOW this can be done, in the most practical way that is.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
>
>

Daniel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure if this can be done or not but lets say I've sent an email to
> someone and 5 minutes later or an hour later I realize I wish I had never
> sent it. Is there a way to "recall" or "cancel" that particular email, kinda
> like you'd cancel a newsgroup message ? Please tell me if and most
> importantly HOW this can be done, in the most practical way that is.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
>
>
There are some special email systems that let you do this but the normal
ones don't. The special systems work by holding your email on their
server-what's actually delivered to the recipient is an email with a
link to your message on the system's server.

You can do the same thing yourself (without the privacy) by posting the
message to a web site (one that you manage) & sending the link in the
email. Then, if you change your mind, you can always delete the posted
message.

BTW, this is also how those systems promise to tell you not only which
recipients open your message but how long they keep it open (usually
called 'how long they spend reading it' but it's actually how long they
keep it open) and who they forward it to. It's all done by not sending
the actual message so it never gets out of your control.

Ok, thank you guys!

Daniel