Google has announced a new optional feature in Gmail which safeguards account users against latenight drunken e-mails. The plugin is called Mail Goggles (Haha, Google/Goggles and perhaps a reference to beer goggles? — clever) and it presents you with a few math problems that you must solve after you hit the “Send” button of your potential heart-felt, lonely, perhaps horny but most definitely desperate e-mail.
By default, Mail Goggles is only active on Friday and Saturday night from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., the hours drunk mail is most likely to occur. Those settings can be adjusted in case you prefer to get smashed on Sundays and Mondays.
I’m a big fan of Google and this little project is just one of the reasons why. It’s funny and fresh. I use Gmail as my main e-mail provider instead of an @sprkus.com account. I keep track of bill payments with Google Calendar, keep up to date on blogs with Google Reader and us Google Chrome as my main Web browser at home.
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