in.pcmag.com <http://in.pcmag.com/e-mail/94529/news/new-dmail-extension-gives-your-emails-a-time-limit> Read Later New Dmail Extension Gives Your Emails a Time Limit
- by David Murphy - July 26, 2015 - 1 min read - original <http://in.pcmag.com/e-mail/94529/news/new-dmail-extension-gives-your-emails-a-time-limit> Insert the Mission: Impossible theme here. Snapchat has no email function—and that's probably for the best—though it sure would be nice to have some kind of similar functionality for one's email. Just think: Merchants could email you sales and discounts that automatically remove themselves from your cluttered inbox once the deadline has passed. You could send your friends saucy/angry/meme-filled messages that delete themselves after an appropriate time period. You could blast out your Wi-Fi password to a friend and ensure that email goes away after a few minutes. The browser extension Dmail <https://mail.delicious.com/> aims to give you a bit more control over emails you send out—assuming you're a Gmail user, that is. Using it is as simple as installing the extension and then switching Dmail on and off via a handy little switch at the bottom of new messages you're composing in Gmail. When you do, you're given the option to set a specific time for when you want the email revoked: in an hour, in a day, in a week, or "never." The "never" bit isn't quite so drastic as it sounds, though; it's the option you'll want to pick if you want to be able to pull the email at any future point. The extension works best when someone else also has Dmail installed. If so, they'll see the messages in their Gmail inbox just like any other normal message they might receive. If they don't have Dmail installed, or if you're sending email to someone on a service other than Gmail, they'll get a message that asks them to click on a link to view the secure message. It's a bit more cumbersome of a process than a standard email, but at least the email is a lot more secure. If you want to revoke your message, just pull up what you sent in your Gmail Sent folder and do just that. The recipients will see a message that the email has been destroyed, or is otherwise unavailable, if they go to read it later. Dmail is completely free to use right now, but it's not clear just what the service might cost it jumps out of its public beta. At least, that's the impression we get from the "coming soon" tiers at the bottom of Dmail's webpage, which features "Individual," "Startup," and "Enterprise" options. According to reports, the team behind Dmail (the Delicious crew) is hoping to expand to other email platforms in the future. And by this fall, Dmail apps for iOS and Android should be available. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
