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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by roywiggins on Saturday January 13, 2018 @05:37PM (#16141789)
A big fat "Are you really sure?" confirmation box would seem to be the absolute minimum requirement here...
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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by gaius on Sunday January 14, 2018 @05:23AM (#16143615)
A previous employer had an “are you sure?” dialogue on Outlook’s reply-all button, you can script it up in VBA.

Didn’t stop people from doing it.

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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by loco5niner on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:03PM (#16182840)
If it that dialog fired every time I clicked reply-all, I would start ignoring that dialog, especially if it was annoying.
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