OS12 Mail message content is blank

The information provided earlier is based upon the information from Apple so is Technically Correct.

If the User has issues with Apple - best one directs that to them >>> Product Feedback - Apple

What’s new in Mail on Mac? - Apple Support (CA)

• When you first open Mail, you can choose to enable Protect Mail Activity to prevent senders from using messages to learn your IP address and about your activity in Mail. See Use Mail Privacy Protection.

As for Third Party Software - Any Third Party Applications that will interfere with the normal operation of the OS,  is an invitation for disaster and comprising the Operating System

Whether or not the software was installed and used on this specific computer , it was not assumed to be installed but a cautionary mention. It is not surprising to see some Users Install the pervious mentioned software believing it was actually a requirement for Security Purposes

As above does not apply to this computer - some much the better

Certain Applications maybe available on the Apple Apps Store - this only means the Developer is prepared to pay Apple a portion on each sale. What the Application may do to the computer is up to the User to check this out before purchase

Hacker would Require Direct Physical Access to the computer and know the computer password in-order to gain access to the computer and do their Bad Actor Stuff.

Further - specific to Big Sur macOS 11 and Monterey macOS 12, the Operating System resides in a Sealed and Read Only Volume that can not be opened by the User and protects against from “ Bad Actor “ Software.

Lastly - these Apple Support Communities are Hosted by Apple and frequented by fellow Apple Users who volunteer their time to assist other Apple User and specifically on Apple Services, Equipment and usages of them.

Anything outside of those perimeters is generally off limits.

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Hello leslie WS,

If Mail is not receiving or properly loading your messages, you'll want to try these steps: If you can’t send or receive email on your Mac

If the messages are still not loading after removing and re-adding the email account in the Mail application, you'll want to contact Apple to report the issue: Get Support

Cheers!

User wrote " Why should I compromise my privacy? "

To be fair, balanced and objective that information was provided earlier regarding Use Mail Privacy Protection on Mac

At least Apple has provided a choice to Opt In or Opt Out from using this Feature

What was the user ( you ) using Before this Feature was introduced in macOS 12 Monterey to Protect your Privacy in e-mails ?

We have not explored the possibility of the computer having some Third Party Software or Third Party Security Software installed and blocking images in e-mails.

Any of the below should be removed as per Developers Instructions

This will include CleanMyMac , This will include BitDefender , 

This will included Norton Antivirus , Sophos Av Software

Intego AntiVirus, McAfee, MacKeeper, Avast AntiVirus

Ad Guard, Webroot , ESET , Kaspersky Antivirus. Anti virus

AVG AntiVirus  

Trustee 

The The Built in Security  is all that is required.

The current version of Monterey as of Aug 17, 2022 is now 12.5.1

Hi,

same here. It's not an internet connection issue at least not in my case. Mail (16.0) just randomly does not show the message content. It may take up to a couple of minutes and then it'll show the message, needless to say this is very annoying.

This first appeared after updating to 12.5.

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)

3,8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7

32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

1 TB Flash Storage

Thanks for any help!

Regarding this problem, the actual message is in the subject line.

It appears that some cell phones that send email have this glitch when it comes into mac mail. I can read the message on my iPhone just fine, but in my mac mail, the message body is blank, but the actual message (same as the text on iPhone) is in the subject line. i just highlighted the subject line, selected "all" (command a) and copied and pasted it into a text edit document to be able to read the whole thing. craziness.

i thought that getting a brand new mac with the latest updates would be glitch free... but macs are becoming more like windows. beach balls and delays at random times, short freezes... VERY DISAPPOINTED!

Use Mail Privacy Protection on Mac

Start by - Apple Mail >> Preferences "" Privacy Tab and uncheck all or some of the Options in below image