You don't have to move the Outbox message to the Inbox to edit it. Just
double click it in the Outbox to open the message and continue
composing.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


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"PT" wrote in message
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My wife uses a notebook with a relatively compact keyboard. When she
gets going fast, she sometimes mysteriously would find her letter
disappeared and turned up in the "sent" folder, containing the text
as of the moment it disappeared.

We figured out that she apparently was pressing the Alt key (of which
there are two immediately adjacent to the left and right of the
spacebar) while typing an "S". The quick keys (and a short test)
indicate that Alt-S = Send Now.

This happens often enough that she's at the point of getting rid of
either the notebook, or possibly me.

I have a utility which would let me disable or even reassign the Alt
key(s). But since they're used for a lot of other things in other
programs, what I'd rather do, if it's possible, is to disable the OE
Alt-S command only.

Is this possible?

I do not know of a way to do that.
But :-)
You can change the sending behaviour of OE, @ Toolsoptionssend,
disable 'send messages immediately'. Any inadvertent keystroke would
then put the message in the outbox until auto send picks in, which can
also be disabled on the general tab. (just in case they occur
simultaneously?)

The message in the outbox can then be moved to your inbox, via (rt
click menu), double click it there and continue composing.
All mail will remain in the outbox until you hit the send & receive
button.

Have fun, I hope she lets you stay?

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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]