Using Drafts

You can create a Drafts mailbox 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 Eudora Light places the e-mail in the Out mailbox, with a dot in the first column. Close the message and double-click the Out mailbox. Then drag the e-mail you just created to your Drafts mailbox.

You can use the Drafts folder to create form letters or templates. Create the e-mail you want and choose File > Save. Place it in your Drafts mailbox. When you want to use the e-mail as a template, follow these steps. They're a little round-about, but they work.

For the PC:

1. Double-click the Drafts mailbox in the left Folders pane.
2. Press Ctrl and drag the e-mail form letter to any other mailbox. This duplicates it.
3. Double-click the mailbox where you copied the email.
4. Drag the copy of the e-mail form letter back to the Drafts mailbox.
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. Select the message you want to copy (or open it).
2. Press and hold down the Option key.
3. From the menu, choose Transfer and then choose any other mailbox. Release the Option key. This duplicates the message.
4. Select the copy of the message and choose Transfer from the menu. Choose the Drafts mailbox. You now have two copies of the message in the Drafts mailbox.
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.