Lost all access to Mail.

Scrolling down to Quit, accidentally hit something else, and haven't been able to see any mailboxes since.

Had no such options to click on, but no matter. Eventually solved the problem by force-quitting. Then realized what I'd hit by mistake was "Hide Mail."
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