Double click that email in your drafts folder. Now it is an active email
and you can add to it or just Send it.
"John Salmon" wrote in message news:...
I'm still puzzled by how the drafts folder works in Windows Live Mail 2011.
In earlier versions, I saved messages (whilst I was in the process of
drafting them - that's what 'drafts' means, yes?) in the drafts folder, then
clicked on the message later on, when I was ready to continue drafting.
However, when I do this in WLM 2011, the message opens like an already-read
message - I can't continue editing (drafting) it, unless I copy it into a
new message. What am I doing wrong? Surely that whole point of a drafts
folder is the ability to do that?
> On Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:06 AM Chips wrote:
> When I make an email and want to save it in the Drafts folder, how do I do
> this?
>
> In OE as I recall I could click the "Send Later" option and it would file
> the email in the drafts folder. In WLM it saves the email in the Outbox,
> then I have to manually move it to the drafts folder.
>
> That combined with the fact that the unchecking the option to send/receive
> messages does not actually work, kind of sets you up for sending emails
> that
> are not ready for prime time.
>
> GC
>> On Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:03 AM Magnus wrote:
>> Close your draft message... click the red "x" in the upper right corner.
>> If
>> your asked to "save", do that or your most recent edits will be lost
>>
>>
>> Send Later holds the message in the Outbox waiting for the next Sync
>> interval - and off it goes to the recipient(s)
>>
>>
>> Send means send. Send Later means send, but delayed. Save means save to
>> drafts.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>> On Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:14 PM Chips wrote:
>>> That does it. Tks.
>>>
>>> GC
>>>> On Friday, September 10, 2010 1:39 AM ...winston wrote:
>>>> On the message menu:
>>>>
>>>> WLM 14
>>>> - Click File/Save
>>>>
>>>> WLM 15 and later
>>>> - Windows Live Mail button(blue box with downward white triangle)/Save
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ...winston
>>>> ms-mvp mail
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I make an email and want to save it in the Drafts folder, how do I
>>>> do
>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> In OE as I recall I could click the "Send Later" option and it would
>>>> file
>>>> the email in the drafts folder. In WLM it saves the email in the
>>>> Outbox,
>>>> then I have to manually move it to the drafts folder.
>>>>
>>>> That combined with the fact that the unchecking the option to
>>>> send/receive
>>>> messages does not actually work, kind of sets you up for sending emails
>>>> that
>>>> are not ready for prime time.
>>>>
>>>> GC
>>>>> On Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:39 PM R. C. White wrote:
>>>>> ?Hi, Chips.
>>>>>
>>>>> As Winston says, OR, in either Wave...
>>>>>
>>>>> Just press <Ctrl>+S.
>>>>>
>>>>> it is good to form the habit of pressing <Ctrl>+S periodically while
>>>>> composing messages, especially long messages. Many times I have
>>>>> wished that I
>>>>> had formed that good habit. :^{
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that drafts of emails are saved in the Sent items folder for THAT
>>>>> particular Mail Account. Drafts of newsgroup posts are saved in the
>>>>> Sent
>>>>> items folder in Storage Folders.
>>>>>
>>>>> RC
>>>>> --
>>>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>>>> San Marcos, TX
>>>>>
>>>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>>>> Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3002.0810)) in Win7
>>>>> Ultimate x64
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When I make an email and want to save it in the Drafts folder, how do
>>>>> I do
>>>>> this?
>>>>>
>>>>> In OE as I recall I could click the "Send Later" option and it would
>>>>> file
>>>>> the email in the drafts folder. In WLM it saves the email in the
>>>>> Outbox,
>>>>> then I have to manually move it to the drafts folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> That combined with the fact that the unchecking the option to
>>>>> send/receive
>>>>> messages does not actually work, kind of sets you up for sending
>>>>> emails that
>>>>> are not ready for prime time.
>>>>>
>>>>> GC
>>>>>> On Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:59 AM R. C. White wrote:
>>>>>> ?Hi, again, Chips.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course, I meant to say in my last paragraph that the drafts will
>>>>>> be saved
>>>>>> in the DRAFTS folders, not (yet) the Sent items folders. After the
>>>>>> messages
>>>>>> are actually Sent (from your Compose window), they will be moved from
>>>>>> Drafts
>>>>>> to Outbox - where they may stay only momentarily - and then to Sent
>>>>>> items
>>>>>> after they actually are delivered from your computer to your mail or
>>>>>> news
>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Thanks for the email pointing out my slip, Winston. ;<) )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RC
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> R. C. White, CPA
>>>>>> San Marcos, TX
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>>>>> Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3002.0810)) in Win7
>>>>>> Ultimate x64
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "R. C. White" wrote in message
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ?Hi, Chips.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As Winston says, OR, in either Wave...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just press <Ctrl>+S.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it is good to form the habit of pressing <Ctrl>+S periodically while
>>>>>> composing messages, especially long messages. Many times I have
>>>>>> wished that I
>>>>>> had formed that good habit. :^{
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note that drafts of emails are saved in the Sent items folder for
>>>>>> THAT
>>>>>> particular Mail Account. Drafts of newsgroup posts are saved in the
>>>>>> Sent
>>>>>> items folder in Storage Folders.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RC
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I make an email and want to save it in the Drafts folder, how do
>>>>>> I do
>>>>>> this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In OE as I recall I could click the "Send Later" option and it would
>>>>>> file
>>>>>> the email in the drafts folder. In WLM it saves the email in the
>>>>>> Outbox,
>>>>>> then I have to manually move it to the drafts folder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That combined with the fact that the unchecking the option to
>>>>>> send/receive
>>>>>> messages does not actually work, kind of sets you up for sending
>>>>>> emails that
>>>>>> are not ready for prime time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GC
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