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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by oblio on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:02AM (#30136332)
> And no, gmails fake "we don't actually send it until you close the tab/wait 30 seconds so you can undo it" doesn't count.

Why doesn't it count and why does it matter how Gmail works behind the scenes?

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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by capableweb on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:10AM (#30136413)
Because that feature of gmail is not a part of email, it's a part of gmail the product. And it is not "undoing" sending a sent email, it's cancelling an email that was never sent in the first place.
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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by ipaddr on Sunday January 30, 2022 @09:25AM (#30137441)
Because email doesn't work that way. Gmail doesn't send the email for a minute. It would be like your boss asking you to send this email and you wait a minute for him to change his mind before you presses send.
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