New Gmail Feature Halts Sending Of "Drunken E-Mails"

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Retrasado on 07 October 2008

Seattle, WA (AHN) - Google Inc. has introduced a new feature in its Gmail that will prevent a drunk person from sending stupid or bad e-mails late at night.

The optional feature called "Mail Goggles" activates when Gmail users compose e-mail at the program's default launching time of between 10 p.m. of Friday to 4 a.m. on Saturday. Arithmetical quizzes will appear on the screen that should be answered in seconds by the user. Failure to answer the quizzes will cause the e-mail to be put on hold.

The new function needs to be set when it should launch and the degree of difficulty of the math questions to be answered. It can be turned on through the "Settings" link of Gmail, under the "Labs" tab.

Gmail engineer Jon Perlow designed the comical add-on to help people avoid regrets or bad repercussions of e-mails they send when their mind is not sober.

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LOL (it would be very helpful for certain people here too...)

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steven787 on 08 October 2008

This is awesome, I know people who need this... many are VGChartsterz

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flames_of on 08 October 2008

So you have to do math to send an email... What if you needed to send an email inquiring about math?

I'll stick with Windows Live.

What if struggle with math even when not under the influence... I am being negative :)

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Commando on 08 October 2008

he hehe. Well at least its a toggle option. If it were mandatory I'd be pissed.

but then again some drunks can do that and sobriety tests just fine before sending out rancid e-mails, so I think its a waste of time.

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akuma587 on 08 October 2008

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stof on 08 October 2008

Dear G-mail,

I think you made a crappy program with your stupid Mail Goggles, as some people just want to send some god damned e-mails don't you know? You're writing us off as drunken stupid idiots and what the hell is up with that? I tell ya man, when the revolution comes, you'll be the first with your backs against the wall, as we normal people don't like your snooty accusations from your ivory towers of code writing and whatever the hell else you do up there. Go sit on your thumb and rotate!

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Moongoddess256 on 08 October 2008

but drunk emailing is FUN....

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