# Mail Goggles (Drunk email tool from Gmail)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-goggles-drunk-email-tool-from-gmail/467017>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 8, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-goggles-drunk-email-tool-from-gmail/467017 "2008-10-08T16:40:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-goggles-drunk-email-tool-from-gmail/467017/1 "2008-10-08T16:40:34Z")

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Anyone heard of [Mail Goggles?](http://blogs.computerworld.com/mail_goggles)

Pretty hilarious really.

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> I wrote my e-mail, hit Send, and a box popped up: “It’s that time of day. Gmail aims to help you in many ways. Are you sure you want to send this? Answer some simple math problems to verify.” It offered five math problems (in the range of “97 - 26” or “7 x 4”) and 60 seconds to answer them.
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> If I answered them correctly, it simply disappeared and sent the e-mail. If I made any mistakes, I got “Water and bed for you. Or try again,” and other 60 seconds with five more math problems.

I think we need a version of that here for posting on weekends. 😉

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-goggles-drunk-email-tool-from-gmail/467017/2 "2008-10-08T17:22:37Z")

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Closing this thread in favor of [duplicate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=486845).