Don’t Just Recall an Outlook Email – Take Complete Control of Your Data Click the blue eye icon above the email, and the recipient will be able to read the email again. Virtru also makes it easy to re-authorize the message, if you change your mind. It won’t matter what server the message is on, what mail client they use, or how much time has passed.
Using Virtru with Microsoft Outlook, you’ll be able to revoke the message at any time - even after it has been read. Now if the recipient tries to read it, they’ll see a message informing them that the email has been revoked.
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How to Recall an Email in Outlook Using Virtruįortunately, with Virtru Data Protection, you don’t have to rely on Outlook’s native recall feature if you want a little extra protection. Unless everyone you email with uses Outlook and sets it up in the same way, the function is all but worthless. If they go to Options > Mail, and uncheck “Automatically process meeting requests and responses to meeting requests and polls” under the Tracking area, they’ll be able to beat the recall by looking at the original message first. Even then, the recipient can easily disable the feature if they want to. Recall only works on unopened messages in the Outlook desktop app if the message hasn’t been opened, and both people are part of the same Microsoft Exchange server.
Fortunately, with an email recall function you can take the message back - ideally before your recipient even reads it. Instead of an awkward moment, you’ve created a permanent record.
If there’s anything worse than putting your foot in your mouth in a conversation, it’s doing it over email.