Let’s guide you through how to do it, step-by-step.ġ.
It’s not hard to do, and it can help you from some potential bad news be it an email launched into the wrong inbox, or an email to the right inbox that was banged out in haste. He would set a rule in his Outlook to delay the transmission of his emails and allow himself some time to review and reflect before he pulled the trigger. Even after advising them, I continued to receive emails for some time.Ī very wise manager I once worked with had an excellent tactic to protect himself against the risk of the wayward email. And then double check that you’ve selected the correct email addresses.īeware of that ever so helpful feature in Outlook where it autocompletes the address! I was once injected into a river of emails between the management team of a retailer containing discussions about stuff that I really had no business knowing after an employee had unwittingly rapped out “Gary” on their Address field.
In fact, maybe write the email first and THEN add the addresses carefully at the end.
Check what attachments are in the email and give the content in the body a once over. In all cases, you should read the “To”, “CC” and “BCC” fields before you click on that Send button. There are measures that you can take to avoid the embarrassing debacle but regardless of the technology, just like it is with cybersecurity the first line of defen c e should always be you. Fortunately, there are measures you can take to prevent such disasters. So yes, sending an email to the wrong person or group can be embarrassing. There is the occasional story on the news, for example the story about the insurance company that accidentally sent out an email dismissing its entire workforce, instead of just firing “Terry from Accounts.” If you are lucky, it could just be an embarrassing blip on your day, but there is the potential for some very real damage. Have you ever experienced that sinking feeling as you realise you have accidentally sent an email to the wrong person?
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