Where did my "undo send" e-mail go?

[Mikeo512]

For the first time, I used the "undo send" option in Gmail ... this with MacMail on my MPB.
Sure enough the message did not get sent ... but where has it gone?
I cannot find it anywhere on my Mac.
I assumed that it would go back into Drafts, but it's not there.
I'd like to retrieve it and send it again after a couple of edits.
Comments greatly appreciated ...
M

 

[pm-r]

I'd like to retrieve it and send it again after a couple of edits.
Comments greatly appreciated ...

It doesn't seem like there are many replies to your dilemma but with a quick Google search, several of the hits seem to indicate that once the email message was recalled " it was out of the sender's hands".

I did not see anywhere that indicated such emails were actually saved in your sent mailbox so I guess they aren't.

A search with Find Any Ffile.app or EasyFind.app might be able to find it on your Mac if it's hidden somewhere out of your view.

- Patrick
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[RadDave]

For the first time, I used the "undo send" option in Gmail ... this with MacMail on my MPB.
Sure enough the message did not get sent ... but where has it gone?
I cannot find it anywhere on my Mac................

Hi Mike.... - I've only played with the 'unsend' feature in Sonoma - when I cancel the send the message returns for further editing? Not sure what is happening in your situation - BTW, if you get it working, the delay time can be altered from 10 to 30 sec - go to Mail Settings > Composing and the window below opens. Dave
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[Mikeo512]

Thanks ... it was only a minor thing that I'd like to change.
Good job, too!
It seems to be a useful option.
But I can imaging sleepless nights if it had been a major, embarrassing error ... I mean worrying about some awful mistake and fearing that this e-mail that cannot be found might somehow get sent later.
I've seen Google refs that suggest that such an e-mail is only delayed ... but whether or not this applies to e-mail from 'MacMail' on an MPB, as opposed to those from Gmail via a web browser ... (?)

 

[Mikeo512]

Sorry Dave ... I sent my reply above before I saw your suggestion.
Will not try more for now ... feeling tired.
But will report back.

 

[Mikeo512]

Could not resist looking into "Settings". I see what you mention.
But unless you can get at the e-mail in question, the option is not much help.
I have Somona 14.2.1. My Mail is 16.0.
You say that your "unsent" mails have returned for further editing ... but nothing in any of the boxes here.
I don't have the apps that you suggest.
Perhaps it's gone into a black hole.
As I say, it was nothing serious ... thank goodness!
M

 

[Mikeo512]

Just tried a test ... pressed "send" on this test e-mail.
And then "undo"
Sure enough it was still there.
I guess that I must have messed up when it happened earlier.
The e-mail must have somehow got deleted while I was fiddling around .. probably deleted it myself.
Well, at least I now know that it works if you keep calm!
M

 

[IWT]

Just tried a test

Funnily, that's exactly what I did just now prior to posting back to this thread - and my result ties in with RadDave's reply and yours. So, well done. Problem solved

Ian

 

[johric]

Problem NOT solved! Apple should get rid of Undo Send completely as it is just as likely to delete the email as retrieve it to the drafts! Nothing to do with timing, maybe more to do with the size of the message or attachments? Obviously more likely to happen with important messages... I have had it happen on a couple of occasions and it is absolutely sick-making to see all your work disappear. And no, it is not saved on iCloud either. Of course you are going to think you have done something wrong but this is an Apple bug, and not made safe in years.

 

[IWT]

Well, if you say so. Fair enough if that’s your experience; but I‘ve never encountered the situations you have described.

If this was “an Apple Bug” as you say it is; I’m pretty sure the world would know about it by now.

Ian