mail header lost format

BDAqua,

Thank you for responding. My account is a POP

Are you suggesting I archive my mail then delete the prefs?

I'll lose all my settings Junk mail filters/smart mail boxes/mail boxes(i have 4). What else can be done?

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BDAqua,

Ah, i see. This is some kind of a Permissions issue. I recently ran DiskWarrior and wonder if that had some kind of negative effect. I'll need to wait for the weekend since I am really tied up with work and can't afford the hour or so run this process. I will report back soon after I run this process.

Thanks again.

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Well, i just spent the last 2 hours repairing permissions, rebuilding all my mailboxes and repairing permissions again. The problem still persists. Come to think of it the headers are now spaced out more than before. Has anyone encountered this problem before and found the cause? This is really baffling. I have another Mac receiving the same mail accounts without a glitch. What can it be?

Hi BDAqua,

Thanks for hanging in there.

I use Suitcase X1. I've been using it for some time now. I get the same result whether I open fonts or not, however I'll take a look at the fonts. I have tried the idea of switching fonts in the mail program to no effect. The problem resides.

I'll report back if any fonts are duplicated or bad.

Thanks,

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More info,

I've deleted the com.apple.ATS cache and restarted. This usually clears up any font issues with suitcase.

Ran Mail with no fonts activated. Header error present.

Activated fonts. Header error present.

I've fiddled with the Fonts/Colors setting in Mail. Changed fonts to see effect. The header remains unchanged. The gap is still present in the To: and From lines.

On forwarded mail the headers appear normal in the forwarded message.

Mail saved from as far back as last year show the error in the header as well.

Unsure what else to do. Is my Mail program corrupt or is it being influenced by some outside source???


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OK, i'll try it and report back.


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BDAqua,


I have located the problem. It was me. Being more specific, like many other issues this one could be tracked down to a font. I stumbled upon the solution after remembering that I loaded Microsoft Office, which loads 1500 or so fonts in my /user folder/fonts.

Once I set my suitcase to manage them, and turn them off, the mail header problem went away. There must be one font that causes the issue, so I will have to go through and turn them on in groups to try and isolate the font. That will be really time consuming and will need to do this during down time.....

Anyway, thanks again for all your advice in this matter.

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