Copy and past email

I am not able to copy and paste email messages/content. I'm sure I have been able to do this in the past, maybe I accidentally changed a setting or something. It does not work either from right click or from edit. Thanks.

Do you have anything actually selected in the message before you go to the Edit menu to copy?
Where are you trying to paste? Is it a new message composition window, or just a message you are reading, or some web browser window? Are you able to see the cursor flashing where you wish to edit? Have you tapped your trackpad button/mouse button with the pointer pointed where you wish to edit, before trying to paste? Are you trying to paste an image, video, audio or text?

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