1708736 - Save as template does not work for message opened from file

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1402550

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Orion Poplawski]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0

Steps to reproduce:

• File -> Open -> Saved Message, select a .eml file
• In the message window: File -> Save as -> Template

Actual results:

Nothing

Expected results:

A new template should appear in the Templates folder

Comment 1

[Alfred Peters [:infofrommozilla]]

I don't think that's intended at all.
The window is not a compose window after all. Accordingly, it is not assigned to any account.

However, the menu item should then be grayed out.

Comment 2

[Alfred Peters [:infofrommozilla]]

(In reply to Alfred Peters from comment #1)

The window is not a compose window after all. Accordingly, it is not assigned to any account.

Saying so, I found a workaround:
Menu -> Message -> Edit As New Message
Now a new compose window will open from where you can save as a template.

However, the menu item should then be grayed out.

Leaves just this to do.

Comment 3

[Orion Poplawski]

Ah, I forgot to post the workaround. Thanks for doing that. Otherwise, all makes sense.