title: How to configure EXM to create new messages with a custom language version, as default
body: <p>I am trying to configure the EXM root for an Austrian website to create the new messages with a de-AT language version and to have the <strong>de-AT</strong> language selected as default.</p>
  
  <p><strong>My question is:</strong> How can I configure EXM to automatically create a language version for de-AT when a new message is created? </p>
  
  <p><strong>What I've done so far ..</strong></p>
  
  <p>I managed to achieve having the de-AT selected automatically by playing around with the <strong><em>Language - Select the target language</em></strong> field from the <em>Message Context</em> section of the <strong>Standard fields</strong> - but the actual message item that is created does not contain the de-AT version - and I am getting an error when trying to save the message.</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Error message:</strong> <em>Edited language version 'German (Austria)' could not be found. It may have been deleted by another user.</em> </p>
  
  <p>As it can be seen in this screnshot, when I open EXM and I create a new message, the de-AT language version is automatically selected. The problem is that the message has no de-AT language version assigned, so it won't allow to save the item.</p>
  
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