Undo and SMS Features in Gmail

Interesting Features in Gmail

Have you ever wanted to undo or retrieve an email you sent? To be able to undo a sent email and re-edit it or cancel it entirely. This is possible in google's mail application server Gmail. To enable undo feature in gmail, go to Settings >> Labs >> Undo Send >> Enable/Disable.

Gmail Undo Send

Another handy feature from the Gmail's Lab tab, is the SMS service that allow you to send text messages to mobile phones. Thou this feature is not allowed in certain countries, you would have to check whether your country allows this feature, that is your mobile service providers.

SMS in Gmail

Here is a detailed link from google concerning SMS service using Gmail:
https://support.google.com/chat/answer/106015

A note from the above link is given below for a few noted countries, mine in particular that states that sending an SMS to a Gmail account,will cost me and the charges will be from my mobile service providers:

SMS charges: Google does not charge for using this service. However, mobile providers' standard charges will apply to any SMS messages sent from a mobile device to Google Chat. Please check your mobile provider's price plan for details.

Note regarding mobile phone subscribers in North America: depending on which mobile plans your contacts in North America have, they may be charged by their mobile providers for receiving text messages.

Note regarding phone subscribers of Pelephone in Israel: your contacts on the Pelephone network will receive your SMS messages for free, and will be charged for replying according to Pelephone's pricelist for core service. Special rates and packages do not apply.

Note regarding mobile phone subscribers in Zambia: your contacts in Zambia will receive SMS messages for free, and will be charged for replying according to their operator's price for sending an international SMS to the USA.

Those are two interesting features that I felt were worth sharing. If you know of other useful features using Gmail, please do not hesitate to share we us.