If you’ve ever had to search through your email messages to find that one important one, you know how frustrating it can be. Outlook 2007 has a feature that can make recalling email messages much easier. To recall a message, first open the message in Outlook 2007. Next, click the “Recall” button on the toolbar. This will open a dialog box that lists all of the messages in your inbox that have been sent since you last opened Outlook 2007. Select the message you want to recall and click “OK.” The selected message will be displayed in a new window. ..
The best solution to this problem is to implement a delay before messages are sent out, but even in that scenario you still might let one slip through, so this is the second line of defense.
To recall the message, go to your Sent Items folder and then open the message you shouldn’t have sent.
On the Ribbon in the Actions group click on the “Other Actions” button and choose Recall This Message from the menu.
You’ll get a confirmation screen where you can decide to just delete the unread copies or replace with a new message. Since you are in a hurry the best bet is to just delete.
The critical checkbox below will let you find out if the recall succeeds or fails for each person you emailed. This way you can send a followup message to the people that already opened your first email, and maybe mitigate the damage a bit.
This doesn’t work flawlessly, but if you catch it in time you might be able to save some face.
