Gmail:Mail Goggles

Sometimes you send messages you shouldn’t send. Like the time you told that girl you had a crush on her over text message. Or the time you sent that late night email to your ex-boyfriend that you should get back together. Gmail can’t always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret,but we can try. Introducing Mail Goggles.

When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?


By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you’re most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it’s active in the General settings.


Hopefully Mail Goggles will prevent many of you out there from sending messages you wish you hadn’t. Like that late night memo — I mean mission statement — to the entire firm.

Source:Gmail Blog

3 Responses to “Gmail:Mail Goggles”

  1. So funny!!! I love it. But now we need this for Text messages! :)

  2. I agree, definitely needed for text messaging. Now, if I could only find a blocker for some of the things I say…:)

  3. If you fail I think you should notify your pastor. :)

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