Postpone Mail

At times it is desirable to delay sending a message that you have already begun to compose. When the <postpone-message> function is used in the compose menu, the body of your message and attachments are stored in the mailbox specified by the $postponed variable. This means that you can recall the message even if you exit NeoMutt and then restart it at a later time.

Resuming a Postponed Message

Once a message is postponed, there are several ways to resume it:

• From the command line you can use the -p option.

• If you compose a new message from the index or pager you will be prompted if postponed messages exist.

• If multiple messages are currently postponed, the postponed menu will pop up and you can select which message you would like to resume.

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Subject: Postponed messages selection menu

Description: The NeoMutt postponed messages menu showing a list of previously postponed drafts. Multiple entries are visible with their subjects, dates, and recipients. The user is about to select which message to resume composing.

Highlights: The postponed message list that appears when multiple drafts exist, allowing the user to choose which message to resume. This menu pops up automatically when composing a new message while postponed messages exist.

Note

If you postpone a reply to a message, the reply setting of the message is only updated when you actually finish the message and send it. Also, you must be in the same folder with the message you replied to for the status of the message to be updated.

See also the $postpone quad-option.