A surprising number of people run into this problem:
"A colleague sends me draft emails as attachments to a message. When I open the attachments to revise the emails before sending, the send button is grayed out. How do I send it?"
To send the message, you need to move the attachment to your Drafts folder first. You can do this by dragging the attachment from the message to the Drafts folder. Once in Drafts, open the draft message and the Send button will be active.
On a similar note, if you want to resend a draft message multiple times, don't double click to open it. Instead, select it then hit the Forward button.
Marco says
Hi Diane,
For many years, you have been my number one resource when it comes to tricky questions regarding Outlook. Your explanation above just saved one of my customers' day. He had exactly the issue as described by you and your solution solved the issue.
Thank you for all your efforts and sharing your knowledge with the community!
Best regards from Switzerland,
Marco
Karen says
When I tested this from my own draft e-mail and dragged the draft into my Drafts folder, the message went from html to plain text. How can I fix that? I have some hyperlinks in there that I want to stay intact.
Diane Poremsky says
It shouldn't change the format and doesn't here. Were the attached versions in HTML format?
Alex says
or, simply press CTRL+F with the attachment being open
Madhu says
i want a mail draft
Diane Poremsky says
Do you want to Forward a draft message? (drag it to the message as an attachment) If not, please explain.
John Herron says
How do I circulate a dreft message yet retin it for later editing and circulation
Diane Poremsky says
Attach it to a message - you'll retain the original copy of the attachment and can edit it (and resave as a draft) at any time.