musiclover

Thank you Steve. Unfortunately after the disable of Preview Pane there is no
other option. Will have to just be careful to close each e-mail by the 'X' as
well as knowing what the next email is/or who it's from, by deleting all
unwanted e-mails b4 reading others. A bit of a bother considering the OE in
Win98/and XP was far more user friendly and Vista seems to have gone
backwards on this function.
--
musiclover


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> 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.
> >> >>
> >>
>