Inbox is missing on my mailbox list

The "inbox" title and a couple of my mailboxes can only be seen if I drag the mailbox listing downward. I can't access them though because when I let go they pop back up out of site. Wasn't always like this and I don't know what I've done. Help?

Okay I'm going crazy. I swear this problem has been going on for days. I just now checked my mail and lo and behold it is back to normal. I didn't touch anything since I sent this post. Sooooo...please disregard. It must have fixed itself!

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