Mac Mail help needed

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Mac Mail help needed

MacMail on all of my Macs at home looks exactly like I want it to look, screen shot attached:

Here's the problem, MacMail at my work looks totally different. (second screen shot attached) I don't see the viewer window at the far right, I have to double-click on an email to read and view it completely, which is annoying with multiple unread emails. I don't recall changing any settings, and I've tried and tried to find a setting that will bring the three-column configuration back as seen above. How do I get my MacMail at work to appear exactly as it does at my home? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Jan 30, 2017 8:24 PM

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tygb

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Jan 30, 2017 8:49 PM in response to Kent Kavasch

You opened the mail app & placed cursor over the edge of the vertical line of the column , a cross hair pointer was created and then dragged it towards right hand side , now you can 't see the three columns .

To , bring back the column , click on go > go to folder & hold option key & don't release it , click on library > find a folder containers > right click on com.apple.mail & move it to the desktop , restart the machine , the settings will come to default , after that you can trash com.apple.mail into the trash & empty it .

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CT

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Jan 31, 2017 5:08 AM in response to Kent Kavasch

Hover your cursor on the right hand side border of the mail window until it turns into a vertical line with an arrow pointing to the left. Drag the right hand side border to the left to expose the preview pane.

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Kent Kavasch Author

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Jan 31, 2017 10:58 PM in response to tygb

Thanks for responding. I didn't see your post, I saw the one below first and it worked, but thanks anyway.

CT wrote:

"Hover your cursor on the right hand side border of the mail window until it turns into a vertical line with an arrow pointing to the left. Drag the right hand side border to the left to expose the preview pane."

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Kent Kavasch Author

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Jan 31, 2017 10:56 PM in response to CT

Thank you so very much! It worked!!

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