Edit Message option not available in Outlook

[rdarmand]

I recently received an email from a friend who had marked
the email private and set importance to high. I replied
to his message with no problem, my reply incorporating
his original - and, it appears, keeping his security and
importance settings, which didn't really matter to me.

However, after sending my reply, I decided I wanted to
edit it; and this is where I ran into problems. I double-
click on the message in the list, then pick the Edit menu
from the top of the screen . but the "edit message"
option is not available. It is light gray and unpickable.
This is maddening. What could the problem be?

Furthermore, I cannot change the security setting
("private"). Any ideas?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yuo have answered your own question. Reread what you posted about Private
and not being able to edit the message - then use the Help file to read
about the Private designation.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, rdarmand asked:

| I recently received an email from a friend who had marked
| the email private and set importance to high. I replied
| to his message with no problem, my reply incorporating
| his original - and, it appears, keeping his security and
| importance settings, which didn't really matter to me.
|
| However, after sending my reply, I decided I wanted to
| edit it; and this is where I ran into problems. I double-
| click on the message in the list, then pick the Edit menu
| from the top of the screen . but the "edit message"
| option is not available. It is light gray and unpickable.
| This is maddening. What could the problem be?
|
| Furthermore, I cannot change the security setting
| ("private"). Any ideas?

 

[rdarmand]

Thank you for answering my question.

I see now that marking a message private prevents
someone -- even me -- from subsequently editing the
message. What I don't see is why this was set up this
way. The two objectives of privacy and preventing editing
are not necessarily conjoined.

Is there no way around this?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No - not in Outlook.

The purpose is to keep the original text as original, as in where you are
reaching a mutual agreement and the terms should not be changed by one party
or the other, for example. Very useful (although not foolproof) for legal
negotiations, contracts, etc.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, (e-mail address removed)
asked:

| Thank you for answering my question.
|
| I see now that marking a message private prevents
| someone -- even me -- from subsequently editing the
| message. What I don't see is why this was set up this
| way. The two objectives of privacy and preventing editing
| are not necessarily conjoined.
|
| Is there no way around this?
|
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Yuo have answered your own question. Reread what you posted about
|| Private and not being able to edit the message - then use the Help
|| file to read about the Private designation.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, rdarmand
|| asked:
||
||| I recently received an email from a friend who had marked
||| the email private and set importance to high. I replied
||| to his message with no problem, my reply incorporating
||| his original - and, it appears, keeping his security and
||| importance settings, which didn't really matter to me.
|||
||| However, after sending my reply, I decided I wanted to
||| edit it; and this is where I ran into problems. I double-
||| click on the message in the list, then pick the Edit menu
||| from the top of the screen . but the "edit message"
||| option is not available. It is light gray and unpickable.
||| This is maddening. What could the problem be?
|||
||| Furthermore, I cannot change the security setting
||| ("private"). Any ideas?
||
||
|| .