Another method of resending messages in Mail

Feb 19, '04 09:26:00AM

Contributed by: ryangreenberg

I like Apple's Mail.app, but I am frustrated on occassion by the lack of a "Resend" button like in Microsoft's Entourage. What are you supposed to do when you want to send a copy of an old message? Although you can use some menus as described in this hint, you can also use some good old Finder ingenuity.

While viewing a list of messages, hold option and drag any message to your drafts folder. The classic green "+" badge will appear on your cursor and a duplicate of the message will be created in the drafts folder. Open the message and you can change all its attributes--subject, message, and so forth. Edit and resend away. This also works for messages that were sent to you. That is, a copy of the message you received appears in your draft box without quoting, ready to be resent.

For those who send the same message often, (you know who you are) just store the messages in a folder called "Templates" and you can option-drag them to your drafts folder.

Here's a related shortcut: while viewing a list of messages, double-clicking opens the message in a new window. If you option double-click instead, a reply window will open.

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