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1. I'm afraid not. Once it's sent its packets are all over the net

Sun Mar 8, 2020, 12:08 PM

Mar 2020

and emerge at the recipient. She could ask the recipients to delete it. The process of delivery usually takes seconds at most.

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Is there a way to cancel a *sent* email from AOL ? [View all] eppur_se_muova Mar 2020 OP

I'm afraid not. Once it's sent its packets are all over the net defacto7 Mar 2020 #1

Only if the recipient is another AOL user and it hasn't been read. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #2

That used to be the case, but no longer: hlthe2b Mar 2020 #3

OK, thanks to all who replied. Looks like what's done is done. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2020 #4

That's the same thing. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #6

Did you read the updated note at the top? hlthe2b Mar 2020 #9

Sorry, missed that. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #10

I think that's SMTP and RFC protocol. defacto7 Mar 2020 #5

AOL has its own proprietary protocol. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #7

Interesting. Sounds vulnerable but interesting. defacto7 Mar 2020 #8

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