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16 September 2010

Nah, given how many times I and people I work with have made exactly that mistake, I was quite pleased when I heard about this feature.

It would be creepy if it said something like 'Did you mean to talk smack about one of the people on the CC: list for this e-mail. You wrote "Frank is an idiot" and one of the addresses in the CC: list includes the word "frank". Send anyway? [OK] [Cancel]'

Or perhaps 'Did you mean to seem like a creep to this girl you seem to like? You wrote... ugh, I can't even stand to display what you wrote in a dialog box, but trust me... shudder. Send anyway? [OK] [Cancel]' with the OK button greyed out.
posted by FishBike 16 September | 19:41
I've made this mistake many times, and have often wished that EXACTLY this feature were available. I'm happy that it is now.
posted by grouse 16 September | 20:04
Yeah, it's available in Thunderbird too. Whatever.
posted by Melismata 16 September | 20:12
I would like the options FishBike describes above. kthx.
posted by jeoc 16 September | 20:16
Or perhaps 'Did you mean to seem like a creep to this girl you seem to like? You wrote... ugh, I can't even stand to display what you wrote in a dialog box, but trust me... shudder. Send anyway? [OK] [Cancel]' with the OK button greyed out.

For me, it would just say, "Dude, NOT smooth."
posted by Eideteker 16 September | 20:36
"No, seriously, dude. I know you are being sorta creepy for comedic effect and don't really mean it, but is this really the place for your typical performance art bullshit?"
posted by Eideteker 16 September | 20:39
I think there's some sort of add-on for Outlook that does this too, but you have to pay extra for it or use an exchange server or something.
posted by youngergirl44 16 September | 20:46
So, Clippy's back?
posted by lysdexic 17 September | 09:22
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