Using Drafts

Outlook Express has a Drafts folder where you can store works in-progress. If you are working on a long e-mail and can't finish it when you need to leave, choose File > Save and Outlook Express places the e-mail in the Drafts folder. The next day, you can open it and continue working on it like any e-mail message.

You can use the Drafts folder to create form letters or templates. Create the e-mail you want and choose File > Save. When you want to use the e-mail as a template, follow these steps:

For the PC:

1. Click the Drafts folder in the left Folders pane.
2. Right-click the e-mail you want to use.
3. Choose Copy to Folder, choose the Drafts folder, and
4. Click OK. You now have two identical e-mails.
5. Open one of them and complete it by adding the To information, etc. Then send it.

As long as you always make a copy of the e-mail before using it, you'll always have the original in the Drafts folder to use again.

For the Mac:

1. Click the Drafts folder in the left Folders pane.
2. Click the e-mail you want to use.
3. Press Option and drag the message to the Drafts folder. You now have two identical e-mails.
4. Open one of them and complete it by adding the To information, etc. Then send it.

As long as you always make a copy of the e-mail before using it, you'll always have the original in the Drafts folder to use again.