Mail Goggles – Drunk Mail Verification Software

Ever heard of drunk dialling? It’s what happens when you go out late at night, start reminiscing and do things that you’re not really suppossed to, or necessarily want to do. Things that you would regret the next day. For example sending a text message to an ex telling them how much you still love them, or even worse, calling up an ex and doing same. That’s happened to most of us somewhere or another over the years – mostly whilst at University, but some don’t quite outgrow that…This is for you.

“Sometimes I send messages I shouldn’t send,” Gmail engineer Jon Perlow wrote Monday in a website posting announcing the optional new feature.

Google have now developed a verification software to ‘test your frame of mind’ for what could be called ‘Drunk Mailing’. It’s the texting / calling version in email. Its called “Mail Goggles“. You can set the time for activation (after hours or weekends etc). It requires that five simple math problems be answered correctly in less than a minute in order to send a Gmail.

“It will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email,” Perlow wrote.

Don’t you just love Google’s innovation?