Timothy, 

I’m just curious, did deleting the "com.apple.mail.plist" file(s) help?


On 02.01.2012, at 21:07, Þorvarður Davíðsson wrote:

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> Tim, have you checked the "com.apple.mail.plist" files? There are two such files, one in your Home folder [~/Library/Preferences] and one in /Library/Preferences.
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> 
> I would now
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> 1) Quit Mail
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> 2) drag the "com.apple.mail.plist" file in your Home folder
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> ~/Library/Preferences/
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> to the desktop. A new "com.apple.mail.plist" file will be automatically created in the old location as soon as you restart Mail.
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> 3) Start Mail and see if the problem persists.
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> 
> If the problem remains then drag the old "com.apple.mail.plist" from the desktop back into the folder ~/Library/Preferences/
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> As next
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> A) Quit Mail
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> B) drag the "com.apple.mail.plist" file in
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> /Library/Preferences/
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> to the desktop.
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> C) Start Mail and see if the issue has been resolved.
> 
> If it has now been resolved you may have to restore your old Mail settings if you want something else than the default settings.
>