Mail - New message

When using mail, can I open a new message in a new window so that I can still browse old messages without having to close and reopen the message all the time?

It wasn't clear what you wanted to do and I thought you meant to read a new message separate from the mail window.  If you mean to Compose New Message, after you click on that icon, if you want to go back to the mail window while keeping the compose new message open, just click on the top portion of the mail window, where the colored dots live.  That will bring the mail window to the front and the composing window will be in the background.  Just go back and forth between the two as you need to.

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