getting rid of the tree view of a message

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Clay Weber <claydoh at claydoh.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 01:28:13 am Basil Chupin 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?
>>
>> (Just as an aside, I did read somewhere very recently (as in yesteday I
>> think) that kmail has gone the hill rather badly recently and that it is
>> now better to switch over to Thunderbird. Have you considered this?)
>>
>> BC
>
> Sorry for the delay, I was at work until 1 AM, away from my Kubuntu laptop.
> I am surprised no one so far has mentioned the toggle to enable/disable this:
>
> View - Show Message Structure - uncheck that
>
> No need to switch email client just yet :)

Hey, that sounds like what I want.  I surprised I couldn't find that.
I'll test it tonight.

Thanks,

Michael