If you are a Microsoft Outlook user, then you know how to recall email messages. However, if you are not a Microsoft Outlook user, then you may be wondering how to recall email messages in Outlook 2007. Here is a guide on how to recall email messages in Outlook 2007:

  1. Open the “Outlook” program and click on the “Tools” tab.
  2. On the “Tools” tab, click on the “Recall Email Messages” button.
  3. The “Recall Email Messages” dialog will appear.
  4. In the “Recall Email Messages” dialog, enter the email addresses of the emails that you want to recalled.
  5. Click on the “Confirm Recalculation” button to confirm your selections.
  6. The recalled emails will be sent back to your inboxes as soon as they are processed by Outlook 2007.

The best solution to this problem is to implement a delay before messages are sent out, but even in that scenario you still might let one slip through, so this is the second line of defense.

To recall the message, go to your Sent Items folder and then open the message you shouldn’t have sent.

 

On the Ribbon in the Actions group click on the “Other Actions” button and choose Recall This Message from the menu.

 

You’ll get a confirmation screen where you can decide to just delete the unread copies or replace with a new message. Since you are in a hurry the best bet is to just delete.

The critical checkbox below will let you find out if the recall succeeds or fails for each person you emailed. This way you can send a followup message to the people that already opened your first email, and maybe mitigate the damage a bit.

This doesn’t work flawlessly, but if you catch it in time you might be able to save some face.