Gmail offers "Mail Goggles" feature. Seriously.

Oct 07, 2008 15:15

Article LinkSo, they're going to offer an option in Gmail that you can enable to ask some simple questions before letting you send email. This is to protect you from yourself if you're emailing while drunk, angry, or otherwise unable to make a good judgment when emailing. Interesting. *laughs ( Read more... )

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lfs October 7 2008, 20:48:56 UTC
I'd be happy just for a work email checker that confirmed with people that they really did intend to yell by typing in all caps.

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spritelyone October 8 2008, 11:20:14 UTC
That would be an excellent first step.

"Are you sure you meant to use that many exclamation points, Dave?"

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spritelyone October 8 2008, 15:41:50 UTC
Yeah, my boss could use it sometimes, too. :)

"On a scale of 1-10, how angry are you?"
*presses 8*
"You are too upset to write a professional email. You are now locked out of email for 15 minutes."

I really like my boss, but he could use that to avoid some problems.

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