Apple Mailbox behavior, View

I have 3 mailboxes in Apple Mail, in the last month 2 of them have switched the view of messages received. Suddenly the newest messages appear at the top of the view window instead of the bottom. I actually saw one switch today...just a flip that was visible, but you had to be quick.
I have checked all 3 accounts, both in Preferences and in View and I don't see anything different.
I have a 2007 iMac 21" with Snow Leopard and all updates offered by Apple installed. Mail Vs 4,3 (1081)
I would really like to flip these 2 mailboxes to show latest messages at the bottom of the window. Can you help.
thanks so much. Linda

No problem, Linda . . .
Just glad you've got it figured out now.
By the way, here's the main Snow Leopard page.
See all the different topics you can choose?
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=263
Mail & Address book are only one . . .
To get there, just click on the Mail Forum, and you can post a new topic -
if and when you would ever need it again, LOL.
We're just glad you found us!
We're all just other Macs user here, sharing solutions.

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