"Save As" in Mail does nothing

Problem: when I select an e-mail say in my Inbox, and then click on FILE - SAVE AS, nothing happens! Normally a "Save As" Finder dialog box opens up asking me where I would like to save this piece of mail, and in what kind of format (RTF, etc.) Any ideas why this is happening and what I can do to fix it? THANKS!

I agree with the first person that it was a very useful function. For those of us who have massive work files etc, I don't always want to save things to my desktop or a bucket folder and then elsewhere.
So, in the dialog box when I save or save all, I get a dropdown list of options but only the ones that Mac Mail wants me to use. What about a 'browse' options? am I missing something? DO I need t click, hold, twirl, then double tap or something?

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Bruce,
Welcome to the Discussions.
If you mean that you upgraded from TIger to Leopard (and thus t 10.5.6), then consider the following:
The problem you are having following the upgrade to Leopard from Tiger (10.4.11?), has been covered by the support document at the link below:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
If you also find any files named to include MessageSorting (which would mean you once have upgraded from a version of OSX earlier than 10.4), remove those, also, but never restore those.
To find the correct location for the Mail folder, open a Finder window, click on the icon of a house in the Sidebar (this is known often as "Home"), click on Library in that Home user directory, and then to open the Mail folder found there.
If you mean you updated from an earlier version of Leopard to 10.5.6, then another set of support documents will apply.
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#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
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##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
More information about reinstalling Firefox can be found [[Troubleshoot and diagnose Firefox problems#w_5-reinstall-firefox|here]].
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'Morning.
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Attachments:
slashed.PNG ‏20 KB
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i have forgotten my security question answers, i have tried to reset them but it keeps saying i need to save changes before i leave the page, i try to but it does nothing. help?

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My problem is simply that Mail does not send email.
I have just migrated from iMac G5 to iMac Intel by using Migration Assistant. Everything else works just fine and I can receive email. However, if I try to reply, forward or send a new email message, Mail just does not do anything - no error message, nothing.
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Reinstalling Mail is rarely necessary or appropriate to solve a problem. It certainly cannot fix anything that could be wrong within your home folder or at the server or with the network, and may even introduce new issues if not done properly. Moreover, in Mac OS X 10.4 you don’t need Pacifist to reinstall Mail, you could also do it as described in the following article:
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Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
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