WDA wrote: > Okay. I'm using Mozilla 0.9.8 (loving it) on a Windows Me machine. I'm > looking at a message, rather inbox or newgroups - who cares, and I want > to save that message to my C:\ drive. I select File/Save As and give it > a name. There. It's saved. > > Now, one would assume, especially if your a novice or general > email/client user, that you could view the file you saved with the same > application that created it. Right! Well, when I'm in my Mozilla email > client and I want to see the message that I have saved, I should be able > to go to File/Open and retrieve that message - that does seem logical to > me. That however, is not what is happening. Perhaps I don't understand > the Save As option. >
The current behaviour is correct. It is just that the name "File" for the menu is a bit of a misnomer but is the standard name for the leftmost menu (not only in Windows). E-mail clients are intended for handling mail (and news) messages, not opening disk files; they are not text editors. The ability to save a message to a file is an export function - so you can use the message elsewhere, or just have a safe copy of an important message. FWIW, I just checked and Outhouse Excess does exactly the same thing as Mozilla. HTH Regards, Parish > If I select File/Open and there is a message in the message pane, that > message is the one that is opened. A file open dialog box is not > presented for selection. If there is no messages in the message pane, > and no message headers in the header area, then the File/Open Message > feature is not available - it's dimmed in other words. Could someone > help me to understand how to properly save messages using the Mozilla > email client. I don't know, maybe this capability hasn't been achieved > yet. > > Input is appreciated. Thanks a million. > -- Software is like sex, it's better when it's free - Linus Torvalds Anti-spam e-mail address, change _AT_, sorry for the inconvenience
