Office 365 (Thunderbird) - Save an email message
Thunderbird offers several options for saving an email message. For instance, a message that you received can be saved as a file on your computer, or a message that you are composing can be saved as a draft and finished later.
Save a received message as a file
- Open Thunderbird
- Highlight the message you wish to save by clicking on it
- Click the Menu button to the right of the search bar (looks like three horizontal lines)
- From the menu options, select Save As
- Select File
- Choose where you want to save your file, name it, and select Save
Save a message as a template
Use email templates to send messages that include information that doesn't change from message to message. You can compose and save a message as a template, and then use that template. Add any new information before your send the template as a message.
- Open Thunderbird
- Create a new email by selecting Write or use a keyboard shortcut (Command + N on a Mac, Control + N in Windows)
- In the message body, enter the content that you want.
- In the message window, click the File menu from the top bar, and then click Save As.
- In the Save As drop down menu, in the Save as type list, click Template.
- In the File name box, type a name for your template, and then click Save.
Save a draft of a message that you want to finish later
By default, any messages that you create but don't send are saved automatically to the Drafts folder.
To manually save a draft, either
- Use Menu, File, Save
- Use the keyboard short cut (Command + S for Mac and Control + S in Windows)