"Message Viewer" Option in Apple Mail

[JoelMarcey]

Hi,

I am a bit confused about something.

In Apple Mail, under Window/Message Viewer, what exactly does selecting Message Viewer do? I have selected it multiple times and have not seen anything different.

I can bring up the Preview Pane by double clicking on the dot at the bottom of the Mail pane and collapse it by doing the same -- but I don't know if that is related to the Message Viewer.

Thanks.

 

[miles01110]

Message Viewer is the standard viewing window that has the list of your mail and then the preview pane if you have that open.

 

[calic]

Mail freaks out!

I have a related-ish question

I just bought a new macbook pro (yay) and it came with lion installed. The guy at the store helped me set up my computer but then I transferred everything from my old macbook over at home. He set up my mail under the new admin, which I later deleted because it didn't have any of my actual files. Everything seemed fine. Then mail freaked out. I can send messages, but I cannot view them. The viewer window doesn't show up. When I go to file and click "new viewer window" nothing happens (best case) or mail goes into spinning ball of death mode and I have to force quit.

Also, I bought the new computer the day before moving to Berlin, where the nearest mac store is 120 km away in Dresden. Any thoughts on how I can get this to work? I downloaded thunderbird for the time being, but I don't like it as much.