Drag and Drop email to Desktop When I drag and drop an email to the Desktop it always moves to the top right (or the first free space near the top right).  I want it to stay where I dropped it.

When I drag and drop a file from a Finder window to the desktop the file does drop where I place it.

This is with both Mojave and High Sierra and I do have "Sort by None" in the Desktop preferences.

How to I get Apple Mail to drop a message where I place it on the Desktop?
I use the Desktop > Sort by ...

Snap to Grid option

and Mail stays where I placed it

The sort by name does what you observe.