Keeping Drafts folder active??

Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a way to keep the Drafts folder from disappearing when there are no messages saved in it?
When resending messages its often preferable to copy them to Drafts, perhaps re-edit, and then resend rather than to forward old the message.
Thanks

Hi BDA,
I can't retest it, since my Drafts folder has stuff in it now. But I do recall that when it was empty that is precisely what I did to keep the folder visible. Well, not precisely, I put something in a subject field: Draft!
Mrs H
Message was edited by: Mrs H

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