.Mac mail gone crazy

This morning I logged onto my .Mac email, logged in and it opened up but the entire format had changed (everything was moved to the left side "new mail", etc.) and the actual emails are appearing at the bottom of the page in an unusual format. I can't open any emails, preferences won't respond, delete, etc. won't do anything! Any ideas about what happened and how to fix this problems. I've tried numerous actions all morning, nothing works!

Since you said you "logged onto my .Mac email" I'm guessing (so correct me if I'm wrong) that you are logging in through the www.mac.com website to check your email.
Apple seems to have just changed the formatting of the webmail to more closely match the layout of Mail.app. As for the "unusual format" of the emails, I suspect that it may be due tot he fact that the emails are not loading images. If so, at the top of the email you should see a button that says "Load Images". If the button exists does everything look ok after you click it? If it does you can click Preferences, then select the Viewing tab. There should be an option that says "Automatically load images in HTML messages. Loading images from spam messages may increase the amount of spam you receive." If you put a check mark there the images will always load in new messages (it may not affect messages already received).
And if I'm completely out to lunch on all that, would you be able to upload a screenshot and post the link here, or describe exactly what it "unusual"?

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