Can a Recalled Email Still Be Read?

You send an e-mail message to a public folder. You recall the original message and replace it with a new one. ... If the recipient who reads the recall message has read access to all the items in the public folder but did not read the original message, the recall succeeds, and only the new message remains.

Does recall email work if it has been read?

The Email must be UNREAD

The original message must still be unread in order for Recall to work. If the message has been “read”, then the recipient will still receive a request that you want to Recall the message, but it won't occur automatically. It will be up to the recipient to delete the original themselves.

Do recalled emails disappear?

When you recall something and it succeeds, it is deleted from the recipients mailbox. The original sent item should remain in the sent folder with a tracking icon - it will show the status of the recall. It would only be deleted if the sender deleted it.