Steve Cochran

Unfortunately its their ball, so they set the rules.

steve

"musiclover" <musiclover@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BE2D9465-50D9-4F64-B2E9-322816E53041@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>> >> >>
>> >>
>>