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  Anonymous

  2 years ago

  :!: N.B. This works only within an organization or company. You cannot recall e-mail that you've sent to an outside, i.e., internet e-mail address.
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  Anonymous

  2 years ago

  That's very true. It doesn't work well with universities either (except I guess if maybe they are using Exchange server).
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  oabo

  8 months ago

  Thank you, please note that if the mail is read before you recall it will send a "failure to recall" email.
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  Vincenia

  7 months ago

  I have tried to recall a message without success even the recipient open to Outlook (Note: the recipient needs to have Outlook opened for the message to be deleted).
  
  When the recipient clicks to recall message, the original email is still be opened to read. Why?
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  Anon

  6 months ago

  Thanks :) just saved me embarrassment of not putting the subject into an email
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  Alice

  5 months ago

  No action on my toolbar. Only More Actions?
  Unable to recall msg
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  Frieda

  5 months ago

  GREAT THANKS!!!
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  Brian

  5 months ago

  Many thanks quick and straight to the point
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  Marian Matei

  4 months ago

  Thanks! Very usefull!
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  john

  4 months ago

  This recall function only works when using MS Exchange email account. It does not work with other popular email providers such as hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc...
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  Dave

  4 months ago

  This entry made me look like a hero - thanks for those responsible.
  
  CEO calls in a big panic - I google, land on this entry, and shout out these instructions in the speakerphone.
  
  Sweet.
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  Randal Oulton

  3 months ago

  It should be noted that this only works in very limited circumstances:
  
  - It will not work on email sent outside your organization;
  - It only works in internal systems and for those using Microsoft Outlook in that internal system;
  - On the recipient's install of Outlook, in Tracking Options, Process requests and responses on arrival must be selected.
  - the original message must be unread.
  
  And, even if it is successful, the recipient gets informed that you deleted the message from his or her mailbox, perhaps making them even more curious than they would have been otherwise.
  
  More information: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA010... (link valid as of March 2008)
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  Raven

  2 months ago

  That was helpful.
  
  Thanks.
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  neil

  1 month ago

  we have outlook 2007. Sent a message to 5 internal people - got back 2 successful, 2 failed, the other, zip, nada, nothing:-(( Any idea why not? We'd like to get it back - her mother died and we accidentally inculded her in the flower-note. No big deal, but it's frustrating. She's on the same server as us, same version as us, and no-way has she opened it up yet, but even if she had, we would have gotten the "failed" message. Didn't do the replace option at first, but when we tried that route, still nothing from her email
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  Wafaa

  3 weeks ago

  Thanks, that was very helpfull for me.
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