HOW TO `UNDO' THE NIGHTMARE OF SENDING A WRONG EMAIL
One wrong email to the wrong person
(or an accidental reply-all) in the morning can make you wallow in misery for
the rest of the day. While many in the corporate world consider communicating
through emails a better way to express one's thoughts, in the heat of the
moment, a misjudged missive could ruin everything. The horror of sending
embarrassing emails can not only wreck your peace of mind, but also land you in
awkward situations among colleagues or may even win you a pink slip, if things
turn abysmal. In an attempt to fence the unfurling of such cringe-worthy tales,
a popular email provider has introduced the `undo send' button that allows a
`rethinking-period' of up to 30 seconds, when you can quickly pull back an awry
email riddled with typos or pun-intended (perhaps, entertaining) notes after
you have dis patched prematurely .
Speaking about email etiquette that
needs to be followed, Sudhir Udayakanth, president and CEO of a soft skills
training academy in the city, says, “While it is important to acknowledge an
email immediately , one should reply to it only when in the right frame of
mind. Polite words should be used in an email, as these notes are saved
digitally .Using all-caps is akin to shouting and is a bad form of emphasis.
The recipients' IDs should be entered only after the email is drafted properly.
It is pertinent to re-read an email before hitting the send button.“
Could such a remorse affect your
psyche? “The pressure of meeting deadlines and fulfilling responsibilities at
the , workplace always leaves room t for mistakes. The lingering e regret of
sending wrong emails could be too trivial a l cause to trigger a serious psy
chological issue, unless there t is a ghastly error in the text.s Many a time,
such mistakes s happen if a person is already . too stressed out or emotionally
disturbed. While it is imporf tant to stay alert s while r comt munil cating “
online, it is also advisable to refrain from responding to emails after office
hours,“ explains psychotherapist Tasneem Nakhoda.
APPS THAT HELP YOU UN-TEXT
On Second Thought: This app allows
users to pull back their messages, ahead of those being delivered to the
intended person, through an option called `recall message'.
Strings: The messages can be
immediately and permanently deleted from phones and servers, but both the
sender and recipient should have this app installed in their devices.
Ansa: This app can automatically
delete messages, photos and videos from the recipient's device before they are
viewed, or within seconds of it being seen.
Cyber Dust: This app wipes out
messages after they are shared so that the pictures cannot not be saved in the
device.
TigerText: This app primarily offers
a secure real-time messaging system for businesses, with a remote-wipe option.
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Reema Gowalla
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