Delay messages sent in Gmail
Like Al Frederick (Readers’ Tips, Issue 660), I also have clumsy fingers that accidentally send emails before they’re finished. But unlike Al, I use Gmail, so I couldn’t follow his tips for delaying emails in Outlook. I reasoned that Gmail must have a similar tool, and so it proved. I found it by clicking the top-right cog icon (Settings), then ‘See all settings’ and looking next to ‘Undo Send’.
The default delay is a mere five seconds, which is nowhere near long enough for me to ‘unsend’ an email if I’ve made a mistake. Al said he has set his Outlook delay to five minutes, but the maximum Gmail allows is 30 seconds (see screenshot below left). Better than nothing, I thought, so selected it. I now have some breathing space to react if I press ‘Send’ too early.
