Unsent Draft Mails

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Till 2023-01 I periodically found unsent draft mails (Using FreeBSD + FVWM + EXMH) - Now Solved

Problem:

• (PS Note I know someone using MS-Windows who has similar experience, maybe its a similar hidden window phenomena though with totally different software) ?
• In VI after ZZ at end of edit, The "What Now ?" action box pops up with "More, Send, Re-Edit, Dismiss, Kill", but sometimes (*) it appears on top of & fully within a big window, eg EXMH "Message Display".
• Then it only needs a slight mouse touch/ wobble, & if one doesn't immediately move over to place the mouse above the small "What Now ?" window, that small window gets lost under the big window. (EXMH is not to blame for that, it how I've configured mouse focus / placement in my FVWM).
• Then after close of EXMH or whole PC, the mail remains quietly unsent in mail/drafts/ .

Solution:

• Mouse drag the first "What Now ?" so it overlaps the 3 permanent EXMH windows "Message Display". "[0-9]+ Unseen", before clicking Send, then after ZZ on subsequent edits, subsequent "What Now ?" windows will open at the same place, & a bit of the small window will still be seen even if later mouse wobbles cause overlap of part.
• (*) EXMH then only misplaces "What Now ?" box after changes of screen resolution, eg between hosts sharing common ~/.[a-z] settings.