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Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option?

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On 18/05/2026 23:58, Mike Easter wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>> []
>>> Gmail's webmail function 'pauses' the sending of email a very few
>>> seconds so that it is possible to halt the Send function if one is quick
>>> enough.
>>>
>> Turnpike has a delay after you've "sent" (both emails and posts) - about
>> a minute IIRR, can't remember if it was adjustable. Very useful! (And
>> could be overridden if you really wanted something to go this instant.)
>>
>> Could be useful for TB (and others)!
> 
> Since there are different kinds of humans, there are different kinds of
> 'human natures'. For some people, the 'mental confirmation' of send
> comes BEFORE they hit send; for some other people, they might tend to
> have 'second thoughts' AFTER they 'overly hastily' send something
> 'rashly'.  That is, some people do things rashly like email content, and
> some people don't ever do anything like that; so they don't need any
> kind of delay after the send button.
> 
> 
In my case [OP] it is invariably a case of  malfunctioning of TB and /
or my USENET provider.  Very often, I 'send' my message. TB is seen to
be 'Assembling the message', but then nothing happens, or there is a
message saying the 'Message could not be sent'.

Fortunately this is not a consistent behaviour. After a second or third
attempt, it is eventually 'sent'. Alas, sometimes the subsequent 'send'
works and it appears alongside the original - which may have arrived
with some delay.

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Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-18 14:35 +0200
  Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-05-18 15:11 +0200
    Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-18 17:51 +0200
      Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-05-20 20:48 +0200
        Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-21 08:15 +0200
          Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2026-05-21 13:07 +0200
          Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-05-30 11:11 +0200
  Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-18 08:04 -0700
    Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-18 21:24 +0100
      Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-18 14:58 -0700
        Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-19 12:49 +0200
          Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-19 09:29 -0700
            Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-20 12:36 +0200
  Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-05-18 23:32 +0800
    Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Send Later <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-18 17:47 +0100
      Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-18 19:06 +0200
        Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-18 18:41 +0100
          Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-19 09:53 +0200
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    Re: Whatever happened to the 'Cancel Message' option? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-05-19 09:55 +0200
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