Can't edit message in Drafts folder

I recently bought a laptop with Win 7 & Windows Live Mail.

In WLM, if I move a previously sent email to the Drafts folder
(because I want to edit it and re-send it to others) I can't edit it there.
It seems to be locked.
If I right click on the email in the Drafts folder, to get the context menu,
the only option is Copy.
Selecting Copy only copies the text, but not the addressees

So ok, I can copy the message into a New message, but then have to the
re-enter addressees.

In Outlook, any message in the drafts folder can be edited,

but apparently not so in WLM.



Is this correct or am I missing something?



I have been through the Options, but to no avail



Help please

donwb

When a message is in Drafts and I want to edit it, I double-click on the
message, it then pops up with everything intact, I edit and send.
Works fine here :-)

Grenou



"donwb" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> I recently bought a laptop with Win 7 & Windows Live Mail.
>
> In WLM, if I move a previously sent email to the Drafts folder
> (because I want to edit it and re-send it to others) I can't edit it
> there.
> It seems to be locked.
> If I right click on the email in the Drafts folder, to get the context
> menu, the only option is Copy.
> Selecting Copy only copies the text, but not the addressees
>
> So ok, I can copy the message into a New message, but then have to the
> re-enter addressees.
>
> In Outlook, any message in the drafts folder can be edited,
>
> but apparently not so in WLM.
>
>
>
> Is this correct or am I missing something?
>
>
>
> I have been through the Options, but to no avail
>
>
>
> Help please
>
> donwb
>
>
>
>

Thanks Grenou for the input.
That's true, but if you copy an ALREADY SENT email to the drafts folder,
then that's when you can't edit it.
I think that must be how 7 is supposed to operate,
though it's a bit of a shortcoming.
donwb


"Grenou" <> wrote in message
news:...
> When a message is in Drafts and I want to edit it, I double-click on the
> message, it then pops up with everything intact, I edit and send.
> Works fine here :-)
>
> Grenou
>
>
>
> "donwb" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> I recently bought a laptop with Win 7 & Windows Live Mail.
>>
>> In WLM, if I move a previously sent email to the Drafts folder
>> (because I want to edit it and re-send it to others) I can't edit it
>> there.
>> It seems to be locked.
>> If I right click on the email in the Drafts folder, to get the context
>> menu, the only option is Copy.
>> Selecting Copy only copies the text, but not the addressees
>>
>> So ok, I can copy the message into a New message, but then have to the
>> re-enter addressees.
>>
>> In Outlook, any message in the drafts folder can be edited,
>>
>> but apparently not so in WLM.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this correct or am I missing something?
>>
>>
>>
>> I have been through the Options, but to no avail
>>
>>
>>
>> Help please
>>
>> donwb
>>
>>
>>
>>

1. If you know you're going to be editing that message you're going to send
at a later time, you can save it in your Drafts folder first and keep it
there indefinitely.

2. You can go into the Sent folders, find your message, double-click to open
it and "Forward". It'll keep everything in there, you'll just have to add
addresses.

Likely, the reason why you can't edit a sent message is because... you sent
it already... it's done.

--
Patrick P.
www.boydcomputersvcs.com

"donwb" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Thanks Grenou for the input.
> That's true, but if you copy an ALREADY SENT email to the drafts folder,
> then that's when you can't edit it.
> I think that must be how 7 is supposed to operate,
> though it's a bit of a shortcoming.
> donwb
>
>
> "Grenou" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> When a message is in Drafts and I want to edit it, I double-click on the
>> message, it then pops up with everything intact, I edit and send.
>> Works fine here :-)
>>
>> Grenou
>>
>>
>>
>> "donwb" <> wrote in message
>> news:#...
>>> I recently bought a laptop with Win 7 & Windows Live Mail.
>>>
>>> In WLM, if I move a previously sent email to the Drafts folder
>>> (because I want to edit it and re-send it to others) I can't edit it
>>> there.
>>> It seems to be locked.
>>> If I right click on the email in the Drafts folder, to get the context
>>> menu, the only option is Copy.
>>> Selecting Copy only copies the text, but not the addressees
>>>
>>> So ok, I can copy the message into a New message, but then have to the
>>> re-enter addressees.
>>>
>>> In Outlook, any message in the drafts folder can be edited,
>>>
>>> but apparently not so in WLM.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this correct or am I missing something?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been through the Options, but to no avail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Help please
>>>
>>> donwb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

There is no resend option. Simply copying a message to the Drafts
folder doesn't make it editable. There are several workarounds:

- Start a new message, then copy/paste the text from the message in the
Sent Items folder.
- Forward the message. But this looks tacky
- Do a File, Save As of the message to an EML file (or drag-and-drop).
Open the EML file in Notepad. Add the line
X-Unsent: 1
to the message header (after the DATE: line is a good spot). Save the
file, then double click the EML file from the Windows File Explorer.
You can now modify and send the message.


--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"donwb" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Thanks Grenou for the input.
> That's true, but if you copy an ALREADY SENT email to the drafts
> folder,
> then that's when you can't edit it.
> I think that must be how 7 is supposed to operate,
> though it's a bit of a shortcoming.
> donwb
>
>
> "Grenou" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> When a message is in Drafts and I want to edit it, I double-click on
>> the message, it then pops up with everything intact, I edit and send.
>> Works fine here :-)
>>
>> Grenou
>>
>>
>>
>> "donwb" <> wrote in message
>> news:#...
>>> I recently bought a laptop with Win 7 & Windows Live Mail.
>>>
>>> In WLM, if I move a previously sent email to the Drafts folder
>>> (because I want to edit it and re-send it to others) I can't edit it
>>> there.
>>> It seems to be locked.
>>> If I right click on the email in the Drafts folder, to get the
>>> context menu, the only option is Copy.
>>> Selecting Copy only copies the text, but not the addressees
>>>
>>> So ok, I can copy the message into a New message, but then have to
>>> the
>>> re-enter addressees.
>>>
>>> In Outlook, any message in the drafts folder can be edited,
>>>
>>> but apparently not so in WLM.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this correct or am I missing something?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been through the Options, but to no avail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Help please
>>>
>>> donwb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

"donwb" <> wrote in message
news:#...
-snip-
> That's true, but if you copy an ALREADY SENT email to the drafts folder,
> then that's when you can't edit it.
> I think that must be how 7 is supposed to operate,
> though it's a bit of a shortcoming.
> donwb
>
>-snip-


I must be having a senior moment here, but can't get my brain around why one
would want to do that.

Instead of dragging a Sent message to the Draft folder, it would be easier
to click on Forward and then edit it.

I might have the wrong end of the stick (happens a lot), but that seems a
better solution :-)

Grenou

Thanks people for all the inputs.
The Forward trick looks favourite.
donwb

"Grenou" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> "donwb" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
> -snip-
>> That's true, but if you copy an ALREADY SENT email to the drafts folder,
>> then that's when you can't edit it.
>> I think that must be how 7 is supposed to operate,
>> though it's a bit of a shortcoming.
>> donwb
>>
>>-snip-
>
>
> I must be having a senior moment here, but can't get my brain around why
> one would want to do that.
>
> Instead of dragging a Sent message to the Draft folder, it would be easier
> to click on Forward and then edit it.
>
> I might have the wrong end of the stick (happens a lot), but that seems a
> better solution :-)
>
> Grenou