Why does my sent email say draft Gmail?

Why does my sent email say draft Gmail?

A draft is simply an email message you haven’t yet sent. It’s not the same thing as an email waiting to be sent. Nope, it’s an email message you close by choosing File→Save or closing the window rather than clicking the Send button. This act places the message into the Drafts folder.

How do I send a draft email to someone else?

Instruct the recipient to save the attached email to his desktop and then drag the item to his “Drafts” folder in Outlook so that he can open the draft and complete sending the message.

How do I send an email that is in draft?

Using a Draft to Compose a Mail Message

  1. Choose New Message from the Compose menu.
  2. Compose the message as you normally would.
  3. Choose Draft Message from the Save As button at the bottom of the window, or from the Save As submenu of the File menu.
  4. Type a file name under Draft Name.
  5. Click Save.

Where are my drafts in Gmail?

To retrieve a draft: Click Drafts along the left side of any Gmail page. (If you don’t see Drafts along the left side of your Gmail page, go to the Labels tab in Settings, then click the show link next to the Drafts label.)

Why does Gmail create so many drafts?

AMA on Gmail and Google Accounts. This happens due to the difference in ways that Gmail and Mac Mail handle draft messages. It causes many duplicates to be stored and retained when Mail is configured to keep copies of drafts on the server.

Can you send a draft email as an attachment?

Click the email you want to attach and hold down your mouse. > Drag and drop the email into the body of your email draft. correctly, you can double click the attachment.

How to change sent, drafts and deleted mail folders for an iPhone?

Open Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Select your email account > Select the displayed IMAP account > Advanced Settings (at the bottom) > Mailbox Behavior. You will find the following 3 options listed at the top: These options lead to a page that allows you to configure how your phone stores a copy of drafts, sent or deleted messages.

Why do I have drafts in my Gmail account?

This happens when you are using desktop email software and it is set to save drafts on the server. For advice on how to find that setting and remove it, please let me know what you are using. If you are not sure, describe the icon you use to start a Gmail session.

How to keep sent, drafts and deleted mail folders?

To reconfigure an iPhone to keep the sent, drafts or deleted messages on the mail server, you should first login to the e-mail account through the built-in iPhone mail client and then browse the following folders:

How do I delete drafts on my iPhone?

Once you open the draft folder, you can either swipe to the right and that will bring up the delete button, press it and it is gone. Or, you can tap the edit button on the top right, select the mail and then hit delete. Either way, they should be gone. Just tested it on my phone.