Google Launches 'Mail Goggles' To End Drunken Email Embarrassment

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 15:12

Have you ever regretted of sending any mail at the fit of anger, frustration or drunken state that sometimes landed you in-box of ex-flames? Did you ever wish if and only if I could stop mailing it? Well, Google is at your service again with its all new launch 'Mail Goggles'.

"Mail Goggles" helps you prevent from sending stupid e-mails, especially at particular hours when they are most likely to be inebriated and at risk of making a complete idiot of yourself.

This is how it works

Mail Goggles throw five maths problems up on the screen when a user presses the "send" button. The problems have to be solved within a limited period of time. Being able to do so would cause the system to presume that the user's mental state is sound enough to send appropriate mails.

Even if a person is very good at solving mathematical problems, there is an option to ramp up the difficulty of the questions. However, the questions remain in the arithmetic realm, and do not drift into interesting algebra or calculus.

The default setting enables the system between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Internet users can change it in accordance with their preferences, reports CBS News.

Mail Goggles can be activated by going into Gmail's settings, and turning on Mail Goggles in the "Labs" tab. One can adjust how and when it works in the "General" tab. The idea, according to the Gmail engineer Jon Perlow, is to help those who are a little too tired and emotional to foresee the consequences of their actions.