Enable preview pane on certain folders

I use Preview Pane in Mail, but don't want it for all folders. For example, I prefer the Inbox to preview a message, but would prefer the Spam and Trash folders to not preview messages. Is there any way to selectively set the default viewing preference on a folder by folder basis?
Thanks!

Sorry, but that is not possible.
Mulder

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Hi, (this may be in the 353 items thrown up on a search of Mozilla support, but there seems to be a relevance/sort issue.)
I don't want thunderbird to take up my whole screen. There are some problems when using a smaller window:
1. TEXT NOT WRAPPING IN PREVIEW PANE: can you please advise the settings to make the text automatically wrap to the preview pane width? It goes off the edge. I don't want to have to scroll to see it or make my preview pane bigger. (I did this ages ago and need to do it again as I had to rebuild TB)
3. COPY CUSTOM VIEW SETTINGS FOR ONE FOLDER TO OTHER FOLDERS OR SET AS DEFAULT: can you please advise instructions how to do this? (So I can apply my corrected settings to all other folders views!)
2. DONE: VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SCROLL BARS IN PREVIEW PANE: (I solved this, this is for readers with the same problems!) The scrollbars will not show if the toolbars at the top of the preview pane are wider than the pane. (I think this is called a bug.) Workaround:
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(b) click the x on the redundant navigation toolbar to remove from preview pane. (you can put all these buttons on the mail toolbar at the top of the whole window- click view, toolbars to show it).
(c) right click on one of the reply/forward etc icons at the top of the preview pane. Click customise. select icons only.
(d) resize the width of your preview pane to desired width, which can be quite narrow as long as it is wider than the toolbar (you'll see the scrollbar disappear when its too narrow).
Thanks!

'''re: Flowed text.'''
Very odd you do not auto have this as it is usually set as default.
check settings:
'Tools' > 'Options' > 'Advanced' > 'General' tab
Click on 'config Editor' button
it will tell you to be careful :)
In top search type: flow
look for the following line:
* mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support; Value = false
* If it says 'True', double click on the line to toggle 'True' to 'False'
If you send plain text and want it Flowed text then check this line as well
* mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed; Value = true
* If it says 'False', double click on the line to toggle 'False' to 'True'
Close config Editor window - top right X
click on OK to save changes to Options.

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In mavericks mail, I can no longer collapse the preview pane. I don't want to acknowledge receipt of certain spam messages so changing the size of the window isn't the answer because they are no longer unread.

Ah yes school boy error there out of frustration and discontent..
My issue is with music/apps/films etc not downloading from iTunes / App Store.
They initially fail and message is displayed stating unable to download / purchase at this time, yet if I retry it says I've already purchased (?) or alternatively I go to the purchased section and there they are waiting with the cloud symbol..
However some items get frozen in the download window and cannot be retried or deleted. Message appears stating to tap to retry, but even if you stole every bath and sink in the uk you'd still not have enough taps.
I post here as the iTunes guys are useless in there 'help' and have only advised posting here or phoning apple, at my expense, to explain a problem that could be rectified by forwarding my original email to a techie. However the tech team apparently don't have an email address as they're from ye olde Middle Ages..!
Anyways I digress.
So I tried sync to pc, but instead of showing the file as ready to listen/use/view, the iCloud symbol shows and I'm back to square one as the item is unable to download..
At frustration station waiting for a train from pain...
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Answers in a postcard :-)
Much love

Mail preview pane

Hi,
Can someone tell me how to get the preview pane bar back please?
I'm using Mail 2.1.1 and lost the preview pane earlier today. Everything I'm reading online says there should be a bar with a circle on it under the list of emails, which can be clicked or dragged to restore the pane.
I haven't got this on my Mail window, all I can see is my list of email's disappearing off the bottom.
Can anyone help please..??!
Cheers,
Dave
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You’re welcome.
Yes, re-creating com.apple.mail.plist would be the next thing to try here -- maybe there is something wrong with the setting that determines where the bar should appear. Proceed as follows:
1. Quit Mail if it’s running.
2. Make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case something goes wrong while trying to solve the problem. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example. This is where all your mail is stored.
3. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Preferences/. Locate com.apple.mail.plist and move it to the Desktop (to be deleted if this fixes the problem).
4. Open Mail. You’ll have to set up your non-.Mac accounts from scratch all over again. If given the option to import existing mailboxes or something like that, don’t. Just enter the account information and Mail will automagically rediscover the data in ~/Library/Mail/ when done.
You’ll also have to re-configure most of your settings in Mail > Preferences. For spam-related security reasons, the first thing you should do is go to Preferences > Viewing and disable Display remote images in HTML messages if it’s enabled.
5. As a side effect of re-creating com.apple.mail.plist, Mail might rename Outbox (which is where messages waiting to be sent are stored) to Delivered. The name of that mailbox is actually a misnomer, as it would contain messages (if any) that couldn’t be delivered for some reason. You can delete that mailbox if you wish.
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Unable to read text of email in preview pane or if opened. This problem occurred 3 days ago and has affected every email in my inbox received before that date.

the emails appear in my inbox with subject line ok. also shows sender.
This occurred two days ago and has affected all of my in box prior, Emails recd since then can be viewed. The interesting part is when I click on an email that I can read and then click on an email from a few days ago or a month ago , it still shows the subject and sender of the later email and the preview pane is blank.
extensions installed are lookout 1.2.13 and import/export tools 2.8.0.4 which is disabled. was not game to enable
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emails 1-10 recd prior to date X
emails 10-20 recd post date x
emails 10-20 can view in preview pane all as normal
if I click # 15 say all is well
if I then click #2 say, the preview pane is blank , the to and from still appears as # 15 and the preview pane is blank.

right click the folder, select properties and then the repair button. That rebuilds the index for the mail folder and may fix the issue, or it may remove some mail from the list. But remember we are only building an index, not changing the message store.

Time Machine not detecting changes in certain folders

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Yes i'm having this issue to.
Becomes worse after display many documents in pane, worst even if scanned images are in.
After killing the process, sometimes it generate even more process.
After Killing all the process, sometimes need to deactivate the pane view and activate
again to restore normal preview.
Sometimes it takes a lot of time to progress to file below, if i wait, going to files above, it pass
the file that shows delay, without any problem.
I add received from Microsoft, in answer to the same issue to uninstall adobe reader and install
latest version. It become a bit more stable, but problem still shows.
Abobe reader: 10.1.0, ATI latest drivers 11-07
Please, Help!

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Does this issue also occur with a different network folder?
Regards,
Rave

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