[imp] Is there a Mail View Option to Disable Split Screen (Message Pane)

[Simon B]

On 14 Aug 2014 11:13, "L. D. James" <ljames at apollo3.com> wrote:
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> On 08/14/2014 04:53 AM, Simon B wrote:
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>> On 14 Aug 2014 09:40, "L. D. James" <ljames at apollo3.com> wrote:
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>> > I'm trying to find a way to disable the split right frame of the mail
view that shows the content of the message when selecting a message.  Most
mail clients considers this a preview or view pane... Microsoft's Outlook
refer to it as, "Reading Pane".  I always disable it for many reasons,
which includes problems related to selecting message ranges when clicking a
message and having it automatically opened unintended.  I don't want
messages that I haven't had time to actually read marked as read while
scrolling through the list.  You also loose a lot of view real-estate that
could be used in listing more messages to choose from.
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>> > This has always been possible in all my other versions of Imp which I
have run in the past.
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>> > I've gone through all the Global Preference options and can't see it
in an obvious place.  There used to be a php file to edit to configure some
system wide defaults.
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>> There's no way to disable it as far as I know.  But the width/height is
remembered by cookies, so just drag it down/right as you need to.
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>> Simon
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> Thanks.  I had already tried that as a workaround, but it doesn't work.
It works in Thunderbird, but not in Imp.  Inadvertently selecting a message
still has the undesired effect of opening a message not wanted to have
opened or marked as read.  The only difference is that the unread message
is hard to read with the message pane swrunk small.

Please keep replies on list.

The answer is don't inadvertently select messages.  You cannot solve every
user error with technology.

Or fund a feature to have the pane removed completely.  Personally, I love
it the pane.

Simon