Steve Cochran

You can disable the Preview Pane under View | Layout and then delete
messages without opening them. Otherwise, I think you are stuck with what
you've got.

steve

"musiclover" <musiclover@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:988EBE40-195C-455F-AA3D-FAF8475F12BB@microsoft.com...
> I'd like to jump in here and say that I have the same problem. When I
> forward
> or reply to an email, the original is gone and the next one is opened. I
> don't like that. What if I did not want to open that next one. Is there a
> place where I can have that original email just stay in view after
> forwarding
> or replying to it, so I can delete it or close it myself?
> --
> musiclover
>
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> no. Unfortunately not.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "SCal" <SCal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5A6B89C1-5B7D-4D75-BDCB-343C6F8C2742@microsoft.com...
>> > Yeah, I kind of figured that out. It doesn't work that way in Outlook,
>> > and
>> > makes no sense that it works that way in Windows Mail. It creates
>> > extra
>> > steps. Is it not somewhere in my "Preferences" to change that?
>> >
>> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "SCal" <SCal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:60A23D13-7646-4476-8E25-5C0176D5CFF0@microsoft.com...
>> >> > If I open a message window, then delete that message, the next
>> >> > message
>> >> > in
>> >> > sequence opens in a new window. If I want a message to open, I'll
>> >> > open
>> >> > it
>> >> > myself. How can I prevent deleting a message from forcing the next
>> >> > message
>> >> > to open into a new window?
>> >>
>> >> Don't delete the message until you have closed the Message window.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>> >> Do not send mail.
>> >>
>>