How to say email "mis-sent" in a business manner?

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If I want to tell my colleague by email that I've sent an email to some business clients unintentionally and would like to notify my colleague, how should I say the action "mis-sent"?

I thought about "email sent unintentionally", but I think it involves too much personal feelings. Can I have another word which is more business like (or objective)?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '11 at 03:44

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Misaddressed, wrongly addressed, misdirected, sent in error. Those first three are if it was to have been sent but not to that recipient (i.e., was wrongly addressed); the last is more general.

These are off the top of my head, not Best Business Practices™.

answered Nov 21 '11 at 03:44

msh210

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+1 for "sent in error" or you could say some clients will have an email "received in error" ;) – shinynewbike Nov 21 '11 at 10:32

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '11 at 11:28

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mal-addressed or mis-routed

answered Nov 21 '11 at 11:28

treecoder

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+1 for 'misrouted', though I'd spell it without the hyphen (as I just did, in fact). – msh210 Nov 21 '11 at 15:40

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 27 '13 at 07:52

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sometimes use "mistakenly sent"

answered Nov 27 '13 at 07:52

user58317

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How to say email "mis-sent" in a business manner?

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