Can't save mails to hard disk

I want to save a mail to my hard disk; I go thru the whole procedure - and nothing happens. No text / rtf mail anywhere, no alert whatsoever.
What might be wrong?
Thanks a lot
Peter

Oh - yes, I have.
Thanks a lot!

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