drafts being saved in inbox not in drafts

[Brian Mullins]

When I go in and try to send a picture through windows explorer (find a
picture, on the left side of windows explorer it says "e-mail this file) so
when I do that and press save, the messages is saved so that editing is
still an option, but it is saved in the inbox instead of the drafts. But, if
I open up a new message through Outlook (clicking the new button in the
upper left corner) and save it, the message will be saved in the drafts.

ps: I am using xp home and outlook 2003.

Thanks,
Brian Mullins

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's normal behavior. Outlook saves to the Drafts folder only those messages that you create from within Outlook itself. Others get saved to the Inbox.

 

[Brian Mullins]

is there any way to change that?
That's normal behavior. Outlook saves to the Drafts folder only those
messages that you create from within Outlook itself. Others get saved to the
Inbox.

 

[BillR [MVP]]

initiate the email from within Outlook and attach or embed the image.
the behaviour you have noticed is a glitch.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Actually, it's not an Outlook glitch. It makes quite a bit of sense when you realize that such "Send To" operations are using the Simple MAPI programming interface and hooking into the user's default mailer, rather than specifically calling Outlook. Since Simple MAPI only knows about Inbox and Outbox, it can't save anything to the Drafts folder.

The workaround for Windows Explorer is to create a new shortcut in the %userprofile%\SendTo folder that points to Outlook and includes the command-line switch and a variable to load the attachment:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /a %1
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[BillR [MVP]]

that sounds like a glitch to me.
Actually, it's not an Outlook glitch. It makes quite a bit of sense when you
realize that such "Send To" operations are using the Simple MAPI programming
interface and hooking into the user's default mailer, rather than
specifically calling Outlook. Since Simple MAPI only knows about Inbox and
Outbox, it can't save anything to the Drafts folder.

The workaround for Windows Explorer is to create a new shortcut in the
%userprofile%\SendTo folder that points to Outlook and includes the
command-line switch and a variable to load the attachment:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /a %1
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No, it's a limitation, by design, of the Simple MAPI programming interface.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

that sounds like a glitch to me.
Actually, it's not an Outlook glitch. It makes quite a bit of sense when you
realize that such "Send To" operations are using the Simple MAPI programming
interface and hooking into the user's default mailer, rather than
specifically calling Outlook. Since Simple MAPI only knows about Inbox and
Outbox, it can't save anything to the Drafts folder.

The workaround for Windows Explorer is to create a new shortcut in the
%userprofile%\SendTo folder that points to Outlook and includes the
command-line switch and a variable to load the attachment:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /a %1