How do I send draft emails saved in Outlook?

Question

Level 1

1 points

How do I send draft emails saved in Outlook?

My iPhone is synched with Outlook on my computer at work. If I compose an email on my work computer and save it as a draft, it appears on my iPhone in my "Outlook" drafts folder, but does not give me the option of sending it or editing it from the iPhone. It does not appear in the iPhone's "Drafts" folder -- and I cannot move the message into the iPhone's (local?) "Drafts" folder.

Does anyone have advice as to how I can compose an email and save it as a draft on Outlook on my computer at work -- and then later continue to work on it and send it from my iPhone?

Thanks!

iPhone 3G

Posted on Jan 6, 2009 9:31 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Jan 6, 2009 10:18 AM in response to filmcritiq

Do you have the account's Drafts mailbox on your iPhone selected to be stored on the server or locally on your iPhone?

You can do one or the other with the iPhone's mail client and it should match your account settings for storing drafts for the account with Outlook - with the same server stored mailbox designated for storing Drafts.

Reply

Answer 2

filmcritiq Author

Level 1

1 points

Jan 6, 2009 12:47 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Thanks. This is definitely helpful. Any ideas about why I can't get to mail's "Advanced" settings so that I can try this (I think this is where it should be)? My office IT folks set up the sync with Outlook for me... Maybe I'm overlooking something, but when I tap my mail account, there's no "Advanced" button.

Thanks again, everyone!

Reply

Answer 3

Jan 6, 2009 12:51 PM in response to filmcritiq

You're welcome.

If the account an Exchange account, or an IMAP account?

If an IMAP account, you should have an Advanced selection with a Mailbox Behaviors selection for storing the account's Drafts, Sent, and Deleted mailboxes on the server or locally on the iPhone.

I don't access an Exchange account, so I don't know if the same is available with an Exchange account or where the selection is located with the account settings.

Reply

Answer 4

filmcritiq Author

Level 1

1 points

Jan 6, 2009 12:59 PM in response to Allan Sampson

It's an Exchange account. I'll do some searching (or post again!) to figure out how to find the options for Drafts folder settings...

Thanks again.

Reply