Comments on: Undo Sent Mail

By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:34:30 +0000

I can definitely like to talk on this with one who is technical enough to make the concept work.

Pankaj

“whatever a human mind can conceive and convince, can achieve.

By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:33:10 +0000

I have a solution to this problem,

I am not much technical about web and IT,

but I can think of a solution or at least best solution for this problem.

By: senthil

senthil — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:55:32 +0000

Seriously Guys..This how I got broke-up with my gal frd. Need a string to pull b4 it reaches the other end

By: MuthuKumar-R

MuthuKumar-R — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:04:02 +0000

Nanba,

Looks like you have taken up seriously about the double role we play and prank our friends — who end up sending email to the wrong Muthu(Occasionally)

Good + All The Best and am expecting some confidential(PIN??) details from your end soon hahahaha

Cheers

MuthuKumar.R

By: Muthu

Muthu — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:33:09 +0000

Hi Uma, the usage scenarios need to be flushed out thoroughly and explored with solid user research data. From a technical perspective, like Madhu said, this feature aint feasible, given the available architecture.

In Yahoo groups, one can edit a message/post at a later point of time, because the message is stored on Yahoo’s servers and that user’s have direct control over it. However, if the messages are subscribed to a specific mail id , the messages are copied on to the recipient’s account. This is when users loose control over their messages.

Alternatively, one could provide a hook on to every mail that has been sent and check if its been read or not. If the status us “sent” and “unread”, then user’s could get a chance to edit or revoke the same. But this would intrude the privacy of the recipient and would also require recipient’s permission. Sounds complex? Aint it?

By: MadMan

MadMan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:40:49 +0000

As the TCP/IP architecture stands now, this is practically impossible.

By: uma

uma — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:55:58 +0000

Stumbled upon ur blog somehow, but i get delighted at reading it, particularly this post.
I dont know whether ur requested feature can be implementable or not. But how abt if the mail sent is supported by pop mail service. The mail downloaded by pop clients cant be revoked.

Alternatively, ‘cancel mail’ feature, while sending the mail, though the time span is very minute, cld be helpful.

But mail already sent, i think, cant be able to undo it.