[Craw]

You write an email meant for someone, but then you accidentally send it out to everyone....

It's not that bad, but still.

I had written an email to my friend's best man regarding the upcoming bachelor party. We had talked about what I could afford and whatnot, since I can't throw down as much as everyone else.

So I wrote an email thanking him for being so flexible and blah blah blah. But I wrote the email as a response to one of his mass emails, but clicked "Respond to everyone". Crap.

Now everyone knows I can't really contribute as much as them.

So it's embarrassing but really, what can I do? If they all think I'm cheap then that's what they think. I'll never see them again.

But still, there should be a "Recall Email Button" or something.

 

[Heidi]

There actually is a recall email feature but it only works if they haven't read their email yet. I've used it before.

 

[Heidi]

I should have mentioned you can only use it if you have Microsoft Exchange. Open the message you sent, then click on actions on the menu at the top, and then recall.

 

[amydalayna]

There actually is a recall email feature but it only works if they haven't read their email yet. I've used it before.

and sometimes it asks the recipient something like 'sender wants to recall this message... is this ok?'
depends on the client.

could have been worse. you could have done a reply all to some work email and written something nasty. seen it happen. never good.

 

[Craw]

I used my Yahoo account, I don't know if there is a function to recall. In the grand scheme of things, it's not the worst. But it is a bit embarrassing.

 

[ghostrider]

I should have mentioned you can only use it if you have Microsoft Exchange. Open the message you sent, then click on actions on the menu at the top, and then recall.

Holy crap! Heidi is a computer nerd!! Who knew?

 

[Urban FR'er 666]

Could have been worse if you sent it to the groom and blew the surprise of the party!

 

[JRB]

Last year the warehouse lead person emailed a chick to tell her he wanted to get wit her....he sent it to Z - all mailboxes. hahahaha - nice

 

[Heidi]

Holy crap! Heidi is a computer nerd!! Who knew?

hehehe - nonsense. I just know that from personal experience of sending out confidential information accidentally. At my last job you couldn't send certain information to anyone who worked for a subsidiary or there were a ton of regulatory implications. I had to use that recall message once to save myself.

 

[I Are Baboon]

My first job out of college, we used GroupWise. The recall message feature was nice....as long as the message wasn't read, it got recalled. It didn't ask the recipient if it was ok. I hate the fact that Outlook asks the recipient. Some buttnoids click NO and read the message. Show some goddamn profession courtesy and click yes. I do.

 

[blt2ride]

There actually is a recall email feature but it only works if they haven't read their email yet. I've used it before.

The recall feature is probably one of the greatest things ever invented. It has saved my rear end a few times...

 

[Heidi]

Could have been worse if you sent it to the groom and blew the surprise of the party!

Hey, could it have been worse if he sent it to the groom and blew the surprise of the party?

 

[I Are Baboon]

Could have been worse if you sent it to the groom and blew the surprise of the party!

Hey, could it have been worse if he sent it to the groom and blew the surprise of the party?

 

[Westy]

A few years ago some co-op kid sent an email of some stupid picture to "all employees". That was about 300,000 people worldwide. It locked up the coprorate email system for a half day. They actually had to VP of HR from headquarters fly down from Ct to fire the kid.

 

[Meat Foot]

A few years ago some co-op kid sent an email of some stupid picture to "all employees". That was about 300,000 people worldwide. It locked up the coprorate email system for a half day. They actually had to VP of HR from headquarters fly down from Ct to fire the kid.

That stings.

 

[narlus]

My first job out of college, we used GroupWise. The recall message feature was nice....as long as the message wasn't read, it got recalled. It didn't ask the recipient if it was ok. I hate the fact that Outlook asks the recipient. Some buttnoids click NO and read the message. Show some goddamn profession courtesy and click yes. I do.

groupwise can only do that for internal (ie on the same network) email; if you send it to someone outside the address book, you can't retract it.

 

[narlus]

A few years ago some co-op kid sent an email of some stupid picture to "all employees". That was about 300,000 people worldwide. It locked up the coprorate email system for a half day. They actually had to VP of HR from headquarters fly down from Ct to fire the kid.

they should have also reamed the IT guy who allowed that to happen.

 

[Heidi]

LOL - no fair, he went and deleted his triplicate posts!

 

[Urban FR'er 666]

LOL - no fair, he went and deleted his triplicate posts!

Hey, I had to! The damn computer malfunctioning, wouldn't send the post! Then I come back later to find it sent three times!:mumble:

 

[Roasted]

A few years ago some co-op kid sent an email of some stupid picture to "all employees". That was about 300,000 people worldwide. It locked up the coprorate email system for a half day. They actually had to VP of HR from headquarters fly down from Ct to fire the kid.

We had that happen, as of 3 years ago domain_all is now limited to the vp/gm ...I get lots of complaints but it really saves me a lot of work