Serious Apple Mail BUG!

Bug
Whenever a computer is not connected to the internet and email has been written in Apple Mail while it's in offline mode and the application closed and then re-opened in "Offline" mode, Mail attempts to send mail sitting in the outbox nevertheless. Resulting in the first message in the Outbox queue for each SMTP used being automatically opened and the following error message.
*not able to send images to thread.
Since I use three different SMTP servers potentially three email windows can open when opening Apple Mail while in "Offline" mode. That means I have to click the "Close Window" button three times every time I open Apple Mail during the time I am not connected to the internet. Not everyone, including me, with a PowerBook, which is meant to be mobile, has internet access at all times.
How could this have possibly been overlooked? This has been a bug in all versions of Apple Mail!! Please FIX IT as it's irritating enough to force one to start sending snail mail or worse use Microsoft Entourage.
SIncerely,
John Prokos

Thank you for your suggestions, which is exactly what I was looking for. I have sent a feeback on Mail to Apple as you suggested. I am not sure that will make a difference but there is always hope.
Regarding your suggestion of saving email to the Draft folder… that would be a great solution but opening every email I had written during the week so I could send them off one by one is equally as irritating. I do wish there was a send button in the main window so I could group select email and send them off without having to open each one.

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