How to set permissions?

Hi
My user account got corrupted, as described here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15149908#15149908
Since I can not repair it, I created a new one. But I can not access the Apple-installed folders in my Home folder, which is on a different drive, because I "don't have permissions". How do I get them?
When I try to repair them (which probably is not what is required anyway), the commands for verifying and repairing permissions in Disk Utility are grayed out, and the tool tip says that is because the volume is set to ignore ownership (something I did hoping to get around all this permissions stuff).
And is there a way to get access to my mails ??
For future use - is there a mail app which allows me to access and handle my mails just like any other file ?

Hi again!
Concerning the links you gave:
1-Giving an account admin privileges:
The newly created account is created as an admin account. It seems that not even the admin has access to other peoples Home folder.
2-Group account:
I would rather not fiddle with this, I'm afraid it would introduce new problems, creating a group account for 2 accounts the one of which has problems from before.
3-mail:
Obviously I did not make myself clear. I can access my mail server via the web browser. What I meant was: How can I get access again to the mails stored on disk on my Mac?
BTW I discovered now that even the Desktop folder of the startup volume, when displayed in the Finder in the sidebar of a Finder window, is not accessible to me that way (no permissions). The desktop does work otherwise though.
Sigh! Hening.
Ups when trying to hit Reply I mistakenly awarded a Helpful Answer to myself! Hope somebody can fix this...

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