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Q: mail 7.0 new message window size issue

Occasionally when I begin a new message in mail 7.0 (Mavericks) the window size is larger than the display.  If I click on the green button, it does not resolve the problem - it just makes the new message window larger.

 

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2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM and MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857 Superdrive

Posted on Nov 5, 2013 3:28 PM

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Q: mail 7.0 new message window size issue

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  • by JohnHas,

    JohnHas JohnHas Nov 13, 2013 2:45 AM in response to KrackUp
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    Nov 13, 2013 2:45 AM in response to KrackUp

    I am seeing this issue as well.   When either creating a new message or replying to a message the resultant window will often display with a width far wider than the screen and it is not possible to resize it.     If the window initially appears with the full screen width any attempt to resize it causes the window to increase width dramatically and again cannot be resized.

  • by Hans Palm,

    Hans Palm Hans Palm Nov 13, 2013 10:54 AM in response to KrackUp
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    Nov 13, 2013 10:54 AM in response to KrackUp

    I've got another type of size problem. When going back from minimized, the windows is sometimes resized to a very small size and it's not possible to resize it. The window is also partly off screen and when I drag the window to correct that, it goes back to the incorrect position when I release. Got this several times, restarting the mail program seems to help for a while but the problem comes back later. Very annoying.

  • by martintwar,Solvedanswer

    martintwar martintwar Jan 23, 2014 1:20 PM in response to KrackUp
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    Jan 23, 2014 1:20 PM in response to KrackUp

    Check to see if there is some weird/bad characters in your signature. I had this exact problem with all new emails and any that I replied to. I deleted my signature and everything worked fine. I later discoverd that my signature had some html code in it (that I must have cut and pasted) which was making the spacing weird in my signature. Pretty sure this was causing my window to only get bigger and would not let me shrink it.

  • by KrackUp,

    KrackUp KrackUp Jan 23, 2014 4:48 PM in response to martintwar
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    Jan 23, 2014 4:48 PM in response to martintwar

    I've deleted my signature and created a new one, and it has fixed my problem. Thank you!

  • by gabsmx,

    gabsmx gabsmx Feb 1, 2014 10:31 AM in response to martintwar
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    Feb 1, 2014 10:31 AM in response to martintwar

    Thanks martin, I had the same wacky window issues and removing the signature fixed the issues.

  • by kwkoonce,

    kwkoonce kwkoonce May 25, 2016 9:05 AM in response to KrackUp
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    May 25, 2016 9:05 AM in response to KrackUp

    Thanks for this.  I was having this problem, but with only one mailbox.  I deleted all of the signatures and the resizing issue was solved.