Comments on: Recalling Email Messages in Outlook 2007

By: smd

smd — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:25:40 +0000

I received an email, read it, and it disappeared. If sender recalled it, can I retrieve it?

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:39:14 +0000

We have Outlook 2007 and even interoffice emails (we also use exchange) do not recall. Is there a fix for this problem???? What a bummer!!!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:09:49 +0000

i’ve gotten about 20 or more recall notification failure messages, since i checked the box to notify if it fails or not. i have no idea how to stop the notification messages. any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.

By: Murray Mintz

Murray Mintz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:57:44 +0000

There are flaws in Outlook’s mail recall system.
First, it only works if the person you are e-mailing is on a Microsoft Exchange Server.
Secondly, it leaves tracks behind. It informs the e-mail recipient that a message was removed.
There is a much better way to stop an email from being delivered after you have hit the send button. It’s a web service called YankBack and it gives you a chance to stop an email mid-delivery. So if you said something you might regret later, forgot to say something additional, or just forgot to attach, you just click on an icon in your systemtray and you’re taken to YankBack, where you can delete the email before it’s delivered. It’s based on a timer queue system, so you determine how long the delay period is. I delay mine 2 minutes which is plenty of time to get yank it back. It’s saved my rump a number of times and it costs about $25 per year. It’s like having an insurance policy against making fatal email mistakes.

By: JMke

JMke — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:11:24 +0000

This will only work if the other person clicks on the “recall” message, if he opens the original mail you stand no chance of recalling it. It’s designed to work best with Exchange, if you are using POP it’s not so useful, best to keep using http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....ng-emails/