Stopping an email

maggiesoup

I've got Windows Mail. I sent an email to someone last week in haste and regretted it, however a friend said that you can cancel it if the other person hasn't opened it yet. Not that I intend doing it again but, out of curiosity, how do you do it? Thanks.

[Deleted User]

Not possible. It's sometimes possible in corporate environments e.g. Exchange 2003/2007. Not Windows Mail though.

Bowling_4_Gold

Recall or replace a message you've already sent
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This feature requires you to be using a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account.

You can recall or replace a message only if its recipient is logged on and using Microsoft Outlook and has not read the message or moved it from their Inbox.

In Mail, in the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.), click Sent Items.
Open the message you want to recall or replace.
In the message window, on the Actions menu, click Recall This Message.
Note This command does not appear unless you are using an Exchange e-mail account.

Do one of the following:
Recall the message

Click Delete unread copies of this message.
To be notified about the success of the recall or replacement for each recipient, select the Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient check box.
Replace the message

Click Delete unread copies and replace with a new message.

To be notified about the success of the recall or replacement for each recipient, select the Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient check box.

Click OK, and then type a new message.

Note To replace a message, you must send a new one. If you do not send the new item (item: An item is the basic element that holds information in Outlook (similar to a file in other programs). Items include e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, journal entries, notes, posted items, and documents.), the original message is still recalled.

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-103270.html

Prob wrong anyway, lol

[Deleted User]

Bowling_4_Gold wrote: »

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-103270.html

Prob wrong anyway, lol

You're quoting an Exchange environement not web based as per the OP.

dogmaryxx

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[Deleted User]

dogmaryxx wrote: »

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http://www.yankback.com/index.html

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robt_2

maggiesoup, the simple answer for a home (and many work) environments is no.

Pete*G_4

using Webmail, no you can't. Using Outlook/similar, you can.

as stated above really.

maggiesoup

Thanks all, looks like its a no then! Next time I'll think first, then press Send !

robt_2

Pete*G wrote: »

using Webmail, no you can't. Using Outlook/similar, you can.

as stated above really.

Incorrect.

A home user using Outlook almost always can't.