Working with Drafts

Sometimes you may start writing a message and need to stop to do something else. Rather than wiping out your partial message and starting all over again later, you can save your message in the Drafts folder. Then you can leisurely complete your email and send it when you're ready.

Storing a Message in the Drafts Folder

The Drafts folder is meant to store all draft messages until you're ready to send them. To store a message in the Drafts folder, do this:

  1. Create an email message by tapping the New Message icon in the lower-right corner of the Mail screen. Or, to reply to or forward an existing message, tap the reply icon and then tap the Reply or Forward button.

  2. Tap Cancel in the upper-left corner of the screen. Save, Don't Save, ...

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