Help with mail setting

The content of a message does not appear when the topic is highlighted.  I don't know how to reset to the default where you can see both.  does anyone know how to do this???
Thank you

This is from Allen S. I saw it and copy'd and paste'd it in here for you.
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Have you tried changing the server port from 25 to 587 for Comcast's SMTP server?
If not, go to Settings > Mail and select your Comcast account.
In the Host name field, add 587 to the SMTP server address with a colon such as (address used as an example only):
smtp.comcast.com:587
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Side note - I thought that if you set up your e-mail just like your home machine - you should be fine. Double check all your settings I guess. Good luck.

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