Force line wrap in Mail?

The Mail software routinely wraps lines for most emails I receive. But for some, the text is left unwrapped and I have to scroll to the right to see the full line (usually a paragraph).

Is there a way to force line wraps on mail display?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jan 25, 2020 11:00 AM

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Old Toad

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Jan 25, 2020 1:27 PM in response to mailuser1923

There's probably nothing you can do about it as the formatting is on the sender's end.

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