#WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU RECALL A MESSAGE IN OUTLOOK HOW TO#
HOW TO AVERT THE PROBLEM So when and why won’t a Message Recall work on different e-mail systems? At the risk of oversimplifying, among other things it depends on these factors: the settings that have to be enabled in your e-mail client the settings that have to be enabled on your e-mail server whether the recipient has already opened the message and whether it has gone to an Internet e-mail address or a mail server outside of your office. But I have some bad news: In most cases the Message Recall feature doesn’t work, meaning your e-mail server won’t remove the recalled message from the inbox of the people that received it.Īnd on top of that, keep this in mind: By even sending a Message Recall e-mail notice, you are pretty much screaming to everyone that gets this notice that they want to immediately open and read the very message you don’t want them to read. Message Recall could be a real blessing - afterall, it’s specifically designed to help fix embarrassing or even costly mistakes. The level of panic in this scenario can go sky-high if the message had confidential or sensitive information in it. You realize after you’ve sent something that it was addressed to the wrong person.You send a message when you are mad or upset and 20 minutes later you realize your words were nasty or inappropriate and you want those words back.You send a message without the attachment that you wanted to include. Usually when you are in a minor to major panic in one of these scenarios: When does one make use of Message Recall? This feature is supposed to delete unread copies of the recalled message from the recipients’ inboxes so they never see it. Many e-mail systems, including the widely used Microsoft/Outlook Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Server, offer a Message Recall feature. They have a Subject line that looks like this: Reid Trautz would like to recall the message “You won’t believe what Dan Pinnington said.” The text within the quote marks is the Subject line of the original message – the one the sender wants recalled. You’ve likely received a “Message Recall” e-mail at some point.