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Apple Mail Tips How to edit received messages   Received mail can be edited by dragging it into the "Drafts" folder and opening it (double-click) there. However, it then becomes a "ready to send" message so the "From" address becomes your address (the original From address is lost) and links can be edited but are no longer blue-underlined and clickable. So when I do this I first copy the sender's address to the clipboard. I drag only a COPY of the message to "Drafts" by holding the [alt] key down while dragging. I open the message and paste the sender's address into the message body and into the "Reply-to" field (normally hidden - click on the little "envelope" to the left of "Account". Then I edit the message and Subject line, as required, and send it to myself.  On arrival, the "Reply to" address is correct and the links are clickable and I can delete the original. Copyright ©2007 Glodark Updated November 10, 2007 This file may be downloaded for private and personal use but NO part of it may be published in any form without the prior permission of the author.