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It is interesting that one cannot get/access the preference menu if one hasn't already set up an email account!
 
Logical...well, not sure about that...in that case, it would be account preference instead of mail (the app) preference.

seems logical to me (no account set up means no preferences to invoke, altho, yes, there are global settings along with email address/account-specific ones).

logical or not, it is the way it is...
 
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