Google郵件添新功能 幫你冷靜發郵件

Google has adapted its free email service to help those letting loose after a few evening cocktails or succumbing to lovelorn moments from firing off messages they might regret in the morning.

Mail Goggles software comes to life after dark and on weekends, when altered states of mind are more probable, and requires that five simple math problems be answered correctly in less than a minute in order to send a Gmail missive.

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

"Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together."

Gmail users can adjust their email settings to activate the Goggles feature and dictate the times it is active.

"It will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email," Perlow wrote.

"And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?"

Google日前在其電郵系統中增加了一項新的功能，這項功能可以防止你在喝醉後或失戀的時候發送一些事後後悔發出的郵件。

（在默認設置下，）Mail Goggles軟件會在深夜和週末時激活，因爲這個時候人的思想狀態不太穩定。在發送郵件前，Mail Goggles會要求發信人在不到一分鐘的時間內正確回答五道簡單的數學題。

Gmail研發工程師喬恩•佩羅於本週一在網上發貼公佈了這一可選的新功能，他在其中寫道：“我有時候就會發一些不該發送的郵件。”

“比如，有時我會發短信向我愛慕的女孩表白；或者我在深夜給前女友發郵件，希望我們能重修舊好。”

Gmail用戶可以自行修改郵箱設置，啓用Goggles功能，並可設定啓用時間。

佩羅說：“這項功能可以幫助你確認所發送的郵件是否是一時衝動的想法。”

“而要確認你發郵件時是否清醒，沒有什麼辦法比幾個簡單的數學題更有效了。”