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Ctrl W in Thunderbird

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Writing a new email in Thunderbird, I accidentally pressed Ctrl W and the entire message window disappeared. There's nothing saved in Drafts or Trash. Can I retrieve the message?

Thanks in advance

Writing a new email in Thunderbird, I accidentally pressed Ctrl W and the entire message window disappeared. There's nothing saved in Drafts or Trash. Can I retrieve the message? Thanks in advance

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You didn't mention the OS. Using Windows, it prompts to save as draft or cancel. Assuming you use windows, my assumption is that it's either in draft or gone.

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Hi David, thanks for your help. Windows is indeed the OS. I didn't see a prompt prior to deletion, but the keyboard mash may have dealt with that too.

By way of a suggestion, maybe these things could go into Trash..? It would have saved me a lot of typing if it had.