Mail settings keep disappearing

Randomly, the 'view' mail settings keep disappearing. I'll set them to show date recieved, date sent, etc etc and once or twice a day, Mail will revert to having no settings and I have to reset.
Not serious, just annoying
Thanks
Bruce Black

Your Preferences file could be corrupted. Try quitting Mail and go to Users/Library/Preferences and look for the com.apple.mail.plist file; drag it to your Desktop. Now relaunch Mail and set those parameters again, then quit Mail.
Relaunch Mail and see if your parameters stayed this time. If they do, then you can Trash the old preferences file on your Dekstop.
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