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Originally posted by kaptitsky
Just for the record, Outlook with Exchange works the same way. You can delete mail you sent on the server BEFORE it has been delievered.
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I am trying to differentiate between *delivered* and *read*. Taking a snail mail metaphor, a piece of mail has been delivered the moment the mailman drops it in my mailbox. I read it when I open it. If the mail has never been delivered to me (dropped in my mailbox), I am fine with people retracting it. But once it is in my mailbox - online or offline - whether or not I have picked it up - or downloaded it, in email's case - or read it or have any intention of doing either, it's nobody's business but mine what I will do with it.
And yes it's a philosophical question, privacy matters often are. Nonetheless, it also has the potential for abuse if there is a security bug that allows a sender to not just delete one but more emails from the recepient's box. That is the secondary point, however, the primary point being that once a piece of mail is in my mailbox - on the server or on my machine - I consider it a blatant violation of my privacy for ANYONE to come in and delete it without my express knowledge and permission.