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Mi0Tx

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Dec 10, 2016, 8:51:54 PM12/10/16
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Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

Ross Scroggs

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You can't recall it but you can delete it. Get the RFC 822 Message Id; for some recipient, choose the message and select Show orginal in the pull-down at the right end of the subject line; you want everything within <>.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letter...@domain.com"

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Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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Ross Scroggs

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But wait, there's more. You have to confirm deleting the messages.

This will show you what's going to happen but won't actually perform the delete.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letter...@domain.com"

Adding the doit argument confirms that you know what you're doing.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letter...@domain.com" doit

Ross

On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Mi0Tx <miro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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Mi0Tx

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Dec 11, 2016, 2:22:36 PM12/11/16
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Thank you both!! I am going to test it out!

I appreciate you both!

Regards,


On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 12:45:40 PM UTC-6, Ross Scroggs wrote:
But wait, there's more. You have to confirm deleting the messages.

This will show you what's going to happen but won't actually perform the delete.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com"

Adding the doit argument confirms that you know what you're doing.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com" doit

Ross

On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Mi0Tx <miro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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I keep getting Got 0 messages...



On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 12:45:40 PM UTC-6, Ross Scroggs wrote:
But wait, there's more. You have to confirm deleting the messages.

This will show you what's going to happen but won't actually perform the delete.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com"

Adding the doit argument confirms that you know what you're doing.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com" doit

Ross

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Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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Robert Robinson

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Dec 12, 2016, 4:13:37 AM12/12/16
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You need to include  "rfc822msgid:

in the command.

Mi0Tx

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Dec 12, 2016, 7:25:27 AM12/12/16
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Worked like a charm!

Thanks Robert!

Deidre Hugo

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@Ross, 

Why can't I find the rfc id in Gmail? I can find this:
Message-ID: <CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com>

I've clicked to see the original message, but can't see anything that starts with rfc822msgid?


On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:39:00 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
You can't recall it but you can delete it. Get the RFC 822 Message Id; for some recipient, choose the message and select Show orginal in the pull-down at the right end of the subject line; you want everything within <>.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com"

On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Mi0Tx <miro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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Deidre Hugo

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Jun 5, 2018, 6:07:44 AM6/5/18
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Or am I just being blonde and have to add it manually ;-)

e.g. 

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com"


On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:45:40 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
But wait, there's more. You have to confirm deleting the messages.

This will show you what's going to happen but won't actually perform the delete.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com"

Adding the doit argument confirms that you know what you're doing.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com" doit

Ross

On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Mi0Tx <miro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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Ross Scroggs

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Deidre,

Internal name: rfc822msgid
Human name: Message-ID

They refer to the same data.

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Deidre Hugo

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Ross, you are an absolute genius. Thank you. 

On that note - I ran the first command just to see if it'll work. 

It, of course, checks the entire domain. 

If the email was sent to only our Senior Teachers using the group seniort...@domain.com, will it work if I change the command to:

gam group ~groupemail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com"

Thank you! 



On Tuesday, 5 June 2018 15:30:47 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Deidre,

Internal name: rfc822msgid
Human name: Message-ID

They refer to the same data.

On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:07 AM, 'Deidre Hugo' via GAM for G Suite <google-ap...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Or am I just being blonde and have to add it manually ;-)

e.g. 

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90cAmGZAWw@mail.gmail.com"

+KimNilsson

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Hi, Deidre!

You should be fine testing that.
It'll tell you immediately if your user reference "group ~groupemail" doesn't work.

✉ Kevin Melillo

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It may be easier just to export the members from your group, and use that to do the search\delete...  here is the command we use when we have to purge

gam csv users.csv gam user ~Email delete messages query "rfc822msgid:<MessageId> AND after:2018/06/06" max_to_delete 3 doit

We take the list of users we know are affected, via the Email Audit Log, dedupe it, and then put them in users.csv

This way, it does not have to process all of our over 100,000 users.
We probably do not need the date modifier, since it is searching on a specific Message ID, but we use it anyway.  It also helps when we have to purge on sender\subject as well.

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Ross Scroggs

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Deidre,

This: gam group ~groupemail would only work in the context of a gam csv command, you want:
$ gam group seniort...@domain.com delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
This method processes the users serially.

Kevin's suggestion is the following:
$ gam group  seniort...@domain.com print users primaryemail > Users.csv
$ gam csv Users.csv gam ~primaryEmail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
One-liner equivalent:
$ gam group seniort...@domain.com print users primaryemail | gam csv - gam ~primaryEmail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit

These methods process the users in parallel thus will execute faster. For small groups, the first method is simpler to input and the speed shouldn't matter. 

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Ross Scroggs

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Deidre,

With my Advanced Gam you can get parallel processing with the simple form of the command I showed previously.
$ gam config auto_batch_min 1 group seniort...@domain.com delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
The config auto_batch_min 1 option tells gam to use parallel processing if the group has more that one member.

Ross

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:34 AM Ross Scroggs <ross.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
Deidre,

This: gam group ~groupemail would only work in the context of a gam csv command, you want:
$ gam group seniort...@domain.com delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
This method processes the users serially.

Kevin's suggestion is the following:
$ gam group  seniort...@domain.com print users primaryemail > Users.csv
$ gam csv Users.csv gam ~primaryEmail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
One-liner equivalent:
$ gam group seniort...@domain.com print users primaryemail | gam csv - gam ~primaryEmail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit

These methods process the users in parallel thus will execute faster. For small groups, the first method is simpler to input and the speed shouldn't matter. 

Ross
On Jun 5, 2018, at 10:20 PM, 'Deidre Hugo' via GAM for G Suite <google-ap...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Ross, you are an absolute genius. Thank you. 

On that note - I ran the first command just to see if it'll work. 

It, of course, checks the entire domain. 

If the email was sent to only our Senior Teachers using the group seniort...@domain.com, will it work if I change the command to:

gam group ~groupemail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com"

Thank you! 



On Tuesday, 5 June 2018 15:30:47 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Deidre,

Internal name: rfc822msgid
Human name: Message-ID

They refer to the same data.

On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:07 AM, 'Deidre Hugo' via GAM for G Suite <google-ap...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Or am I just being blonde and have to add it manually ;-)

e.g. 

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O5...@mail.gmail.com"


On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:45:40 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
But wait, there's more. You have to confirm deleting the messages.

This will show you what's going to happen but won't actually perform the delete.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letter...@domain.com"

Adding the doit argument confirms that you know what you're doing.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letter...@domain.com" doit

Ross

On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Mi0Tx <miro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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Deidre Hugo

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Wow - GAM Master, thank you so very much! Really appreciate the feedback. 


On Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:01:50 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Deidre,

With my Advanced Gam you can get parallel processing with the simple form of the command I showed previously.
$ gam config auto_batch_min 1 group seniort...@domain.com delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90cAmGZA...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
The config auto_batch_min 1 option tells gam to use parallel processing if the group has more that one member.

Ross
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:34 AM Ross Scroggs <ross.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
Deidre,

This: gam group ~groupemail would only work in the context of a gam csv command, you want:
$ gam group seniort...@domain.com delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
This method processes the users serially.

Kevin's suggestion is the following:
$ gam group  seniort...@domain.com print users primaryemail > Users.csv
$ gam csv Users.csv gam ~primaryEmail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit
One-liner equivalent:
$ gam group seniort...@domain.com print users primaryemail | gam csv - gam ~primaryEmail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com" max_to_delete 3 doit

These methods process the users in parallel thus will execute faster. For small groups, the first method is simpler to input and the speed shouldn't matter. 

Ross
On Jun 5, 2018, at 10:20 PM, 'Deidre Hugo' via GAM for G Suite <google-ap...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Ross, you are an absolute genius. Thank you. 

On that note - I ran the first command just to see if it'll work. 

It, of course, checks the entire domain. 

If the email was sent to only our Senior Teachers using the group seniort...@domain.com, will it work if I change the command to:

gam group ~groupemail delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90c...@mail.gmail.com"

Thank you! 



On Tuesday, 5 June 2018 15:30:47 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Deidre,

Internal name: rfc822msgid
Human name: Message-ID

They refer to the same data.

On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:07 AM, 'Deidre Hugo' via GAM for G Suite <google-ap...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Or am I just being blonde and have to add it manually ;-)

e.g. 

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:CAO+oH4+5JFWgSpqyCtJr=onyXkv85j1x2O55ajCW90cAmGZAWw@mail.gmail.com"


On Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:45:40 UTC+3, Ross Scroggs wrote:
But wait, there's more. You have to confirm deleting the messages.

This will show you what's going to happen but won't actually perform the delete.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com"

Adding the doit argument confirms that you know what you're doing.

gam all users  delete messages query "rfc822msgid:string-of-letters...@domain.com" doit

Ross

On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Mi0Tx <miro...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way to recall an email using GAM? If for example a user sent out an email within the organization by mistake..


Thanks!!

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This email and its contents have been scanned for viruses, but the scanner may not be able to detect or repair all viruses and variants. Please be aware that there is a risk involved whenever downloading email attachments to your computer or sending email attachments to others. Kuwait English School and its software providers accept no liability for loss or damage incurred as a result of downloading email attachments.

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This email and its contents have been scanned for viruses, but the scanner may not be able to detect or repair all viruses and variants. Please be aware that there is a risk involved whenever downloading email attachments to your computer or sending email attachments to others. Kuwait English School and its software providers accept no liability for loss or damage incurred as a result of downloading email attachments.

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