getting rid of the tree view of a message

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 17/08/2010 07:46, Michael Hirsch wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 17/08/2010 02:54, Michael Hirsch wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 16/08/2010 14:46, Michael Hirsch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just upgraded my family to KDE 4.5.  Now my wife is pretty unhappy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Her biggest problem is with kmail.  When she looks at a mail message
>>>>>> (double click the entry in the message list) is always shows her the
>>>>>> message structure.  Even worse, the frame showing the structure takes
>>>>>> up half the window.  She can shrink it to something smaller, but the
>>>>>> next on she looks at has it back to half the window again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know what is causing this and how to fix it?  Preferably, she
>>>>>> could make it go away entirely.  She has no interest in that
>>>>>> structure.  She doesn't care that there is a text body part and an
>>>>>> HTML body part.  She cares about attachments, but those are displayed
>>>>>> at the top of the message, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have to say I agree with her.  That structure pane seems only of
>>>>>> interest to mail geeks.  Why should anyone care about it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, anyone know how she can get rid of it, or at least make it smaller?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> By "message structure" do you mean the Header of the message (showing
>>>>> From, To, Subject, etc etc)?
>>>>>
>>>>> If so, then there should be a setting in kmail' preferences to either
>>>>> see the "Full View" of the header or to see it in "Normal View - or
>>>>> words to this effect?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> No, I mean the part at the bottom of the mail message that tells you
>>>> what the structure of the MIME mail is.  Often it is a text body, an
>>>> html body, and some number of attachments.
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I see. You can't left-click, hold, and drag down (or up or sideways,
>>> whatever) the border(s)?
>>>
>> Yes, I can do that.  But then the next message has them back where
>> they were.  On my personal kmail they are unobtrusively down at the
>> bottom, taking up very little room.  And as a geek I don't mind seeing
>> them there and getting some insight into how mail is structured, but
>> on my wife's kmail they take up have the message window.  Even I agree
>> that is intolerable.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
> OK, getting the picture...
>
> Are you both running the same OS and if so have you done a comparison of
> the settings between the two systems? In line with this, are new
> messages being opened in the same window or in a separate (new) window?

We are running the same OS and I couldn't find a relevant difference.
My wife opens her mail in a separate window, I use the so-called
"preview" window.

Sounds like Clay has found my solution.  Thanks.

Michael