Opened a draft that had been saved, edited it, and now can neither send, nor delete, nor close that message. Mail program stuck there. Any idea how to get it "unstuck?"

Question

In mail, on my iPad 2, I opened a draft message that had been saved.  I edited it and want to send it. The Send and Cancel bottons are both grayed out. I can't send it, nor cancel it, nor get out of that message. Please help.

Answer 1

Charlie-
First I would select the contents of the message and copy it to the clipboard.
Click your Home button to get out of Mail.  Then double-click the Home button.  A row of recent Apps will line up along the bottom of the screen.  Scroll across and look for the Mail icon.  Press and hold on it until it starts to wiggle.  A red minus sign will appear on each of the icons.  Press the minus sign to remove Mail from the list.  This should also un-hang it.
If successful, Mail should work normally, and you should be able to paste the clipboard to another new message.
If not successful, you can try resetting (rebooting) the iPad.  Hold both the Home and Sleep buttons for several seconds until the Apple logo appears.  Ignore the "Slide to power off" arrow.  The iPad will restart after a couple of minutes.
Fred