[X Newbies] Disappearing subject line in Sent Mail?

[Gregory Cortelyou]

On 8/13/03 10:39 AM, "Steve St-Laurent" <st-laur at telus.net> wrote:

> Sorry, Norm, it's NOT that clear-cut:
> 
> 1. Blank message window.
> 
> 2. Type a couple of words in the message area, making sure not to type
> a carriage return or any other character that would get blamed.
> 
> 3. Highlight and drag to subject line. Heck, drag same from BBEdit with
> show-invisibles on just to be sure there is no carriage return.
> 
> 4. Save as draft, send to yourself, whatever.
> 
> 5. I consistently do not get the dragged subject saved, as Macintosh
> Lady described [OSX 10.2.6/Mail 1.2.5] and have had this problem
> through every iteration of Mail to date.
> 
> There is a problem with this. Being so dismissive really isn't helpful.
> 
I guess I am more of a newbie than I thought. What is the advantage or
necessity to use this technique? I just type the subject the old fashioned
way and have never longed for a different method of getting the text in a
subject line. Am I missing out on some fun?