Comments for Email I was composing has disappeared. Can I get it back?

Comment from suzanne on 2009-06-25

2009-06-25T13:09:54Z

this happens to me ALL the time - typing a lengthy email and then, poof, its gone - no way to get it back. It started when I got this Dell Laptop and Windows Vista. Never occurred on my desktop. I must be hitting a key accidentally but I can't figure it out.

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Comment from William Roberts on 2009-05-06

2009-05-06T12:17:47Z

Hi can you help.We saved an email'Hotmail' to the save draft folder and retrieved it later to add more text, we then clicked on the save draft again but all the extra text dissapeared, what can we do to get it back and was it because our email was to long. we have checked in the commputer bin etc but cannot find the rest of the email anywhere. I am 75 so simple instructions would be much appreciated...Our security system is firfox and are computer is Vista...Thankyou...Scouser...

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Comment from Christine Cason on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T15:07:09Z

Why didn't my letter get saved as a draft like usual. Not only did it not save but 10 other drafts just disappeared. Can I get them back and why is this happening?

Not enough information to go on. You didn't even tell me what email program you're using, any error messages, or the specific steps of what you were doing at the time.

- Leo
03-Apr-2009

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Comment from Barry on 2009-03-04

2009-03-04T20:54:03Z

I, too, have suffered by having a lengthy email accidentally disappear just as I was finishing it. Now, if I know it's a long one, I compose in Word and then copy and paste it into my Hotmail email. I've never figured out which key is the culprit, but it's one at the bottom of the keyboard and if I just brush it, everything is gone. Aaaaarrgh!!!! So save, save, save......

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Comment from Paul on 2008-10-06

2008-10-06T20:05:04Z

I was composing a reply and it disappeared.

I recomposed it and click to save it to drafts and then I couldnt find the drafts folder on MSN

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Comment from J E Pettitt on 2008-08-14

2008-08-14T09:10:37Z

BLOODY HECK! I was composing an email with Yahoo and stopped to consult an internet site's actual name and author which I wished to recommend to my recipient; the email disappeared. I've been mortally wounded like this before. THANKS for the reference above to G-mail and the preventions built-in [Mark,Ap.2006]. Loss of a 'composition' can be devastating!

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Comment from Mary on 2008-07-22

2008-07-23T03:41:44Z

I was composing an email and I saved it several times. I got called away from my work, and when I came back I had timed out. How can I find what I had saved?
Thankou

That depends entirely on what email program you use. Most place auto-saved messages into a "Draft" folder.

-Leo

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Comment from kristie on 2008-05-08

2008-05-08T19:54:08Z

thats aweful, I spent over an hour on my email and on the last sentence msn timed out before i could send i didn't expect that cause i never left my computer or quit typing. Where is it? Can I get it back??? this is horrible i did nothing else but the email.

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Comment from Eileen on 2006-12-06

2006-12-07T05:16:11Z

I accidentally did not save my microsoft word document. Can I get it back? Please respond back!
Eileen

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Comment from jackie on 2006-07-30

2006-07-30T08:52:22Z

MSN messenger seems to have disapeared from my computer. How do I access it?

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Comment from Jeff Rankin-Lowe on 2006-04-22

2006-04-22T21:58:45Z

I've had a few e-mails disappear before I could finish them and hit send. The reasons varied. Some were just short replies and easily rewritten, but after it happened to a long, detailed reply I'd spent some time on, I decided that in future, when I have to write an e-mail like that which would be hard to re-create, I write them in Notepad, then paste the finished reply into an e-mail's body. That way, even if the computer crashes, I've been clicking "Save" all along while writing and have only lost a couple of sentences at most. I only do this for e-mails that would be a real pain to have to start over, but it's paid off a couple of times and I was glad I'd adopted that way of doing it.

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Comment from Viola on 2006-04-22

2006-04-22T21:35:55Z

I sometimes lose what I was composing and can't find it anywhere. I discovered that when I type too fast I accidentally hit the key under the shift key with my fingernail as I was capitalizing and everything disappears.

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Comment from Ross Giddings on 2006-04-21

2006-04-22T01:35:07Z

My problem with emails is just losing them if I have to re-install Windows. I have had Netscape/Firebird on drive d: for years but haven't figured out how to have a copy (recoverable) on d:. Something to do with "Local Folders" perhaps but it beats me every time.

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Comment from Leo on 2006-04-21

2006-04-22T01:09:08Z

Very cool. I was unaware of that.

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Comment from Mark on 2006-04-21

2006-04-22T00:56:14Z

just a note on good old Gmail. They currently have an auto save feature for drafts that is darn near fool proof. Even if you attempt to close move to another window in gmail, it will ask if you want to save it.

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