is there any way to UNSEND an email on yahoo?

[joko]

i've sent an email..and now I wish i hadn't...i don't think it has been read yet and i wondered if there is anyway i can retract it and rewrite it?

its an email for a job, but i accidentally pasted a message to someone else on the bottom - which im sure will lose me the job

id like to do it asap please

thanks

[society]

don't think that is possible. once you hid that send button, it gone!

[SIRandyraven]

What did you paste on the bottom ?

I used to support e-mail in a large company many years ago and you would be amazed what people sent by mistake.
You could in then days fix the issue , if they told you quickly ....

love letters sent to wrong people ....
a manager telling an employee , why he did not get a pay rise ...sent to the whole company (800 people) ...
so funny some of them ....

[squarebear]

Sorry but no. It's like dropping the message in the post box. Once it's in there, you can't get it back again.

[craft1948]

I'm surprised at this as although I'm no techie I remember that at work you could retrieve unread emails....the trouble is I can't remember how. The person it was sent to would receive a message saying the email had been recalled.

[yogi-bear]

I found this on the web, joko....may help :0)

Step # 1: In Outlook, go to the Navigation Pane and click on Sent Items

Step # 2: Open the message you want to replace.

Step # 3: In the Actions menu, click Recall This Message

Step # 4: Click Delete unread copies of this message

[ChuckFickens]

Yogi's reply (and I suspect what Craft was talking about) only holds true if you are using a Microsoft exchange server (which you are not, they are only used in business environments)

For all other mail services you can not recall an email.

[squarebear]

Indeed. It's possible in Outlook but even that is hit or miss. There is no way in Yahoo.

[ChuckFickens]

"Indeed. It's possible in Outlook"

But only if you are connected to an exchange server, you can not recall messages in outlook if you are using a "normal" POP3 or IMAP based server.

(this is a a bit irrelevant to the OP though)

[squarebear]

I agree Chuck. We have an exchange server and even then you can usually see the recalled message.

[MalcolmY]

I agree with all the previous answers - once you have sent an email you can't unsend it. However, if it's a question of not getting a job surely it's worth phoning the company concerned and speaking to the Personnel Manager's secretary (or whoever you sent the email to) and ask her (him?) to delete / ingnore the offending emai. A grovelling apology, coupled with a bit of humour might just do the trick. After all, you've nothing to lose, have you?

[joko]

well they saw it...and don't seem in the least bit bothered...so all ok, cheers guys

[craft1948]

yes Chuck you suspected me correctly.....

[Dudley]

Those recall facilities require the recipient to agree to the recall and who wouldn't look at it first?