From: Melba's Jammin' on
In article <sehix-AC8821.09231213012010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:
(snip)
> That behavior might be a result of Mail.app doing an automatic save
> while you were composing the email. Belt and suspenders, thingie.

That's essentially what I was told when I asked a similar question a
long time ago. I just clear out the Drafts folder occasionally.

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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller 1-9-2010
From: Melba's Jammin' on
In article <C771F4E0.279A6%kearnser(a)gmail.com>,
Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> in article higk6e$hoc$3(a)news.eternal-september.org, Wes Groleau at
> Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org wrote on 1/11/10 6:44 PM:
>
> > Ed Kearns wrote:
> >> I have a new MacBook Pro, running Snow Leopard. When using the mail app,
> >> from time to time I send a message and see there's a draft of the identical
> >> message! Is this a bug?
> >
> > Is it there after sending?
> >
> > During composition, you have a backup in Drafts.
> > If you crash, when you come back, you can start
> > almost where you left off.
> >
> > Outlook in Windows does the same thing.
> >
> Well, if it's planned, why does it only occur occasionally? This morning I
> sent out 4 emails, only one was copied as a draft.
>
> Ed

Did that one take longer to compose than the others? I.e., it didn't
get a chance to do its automatic save? I'm only guessing.

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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller 1-9-2010