Mail unread message indicators corrupt

After installing the aol service assistant, my message waiting indicators disappeared...when you drag the screen wider, you see these large circles and can see the numbers as you drag them.
How might I reset mail back to the default. No obvious way in the preferences.
I can email a png screen shot if that would help someone diagnose.
Thanks,
Ray

I don’t fully understand what you say, but it looks like the original problem (which I’ve only partially understood after reading your third post) was a font issue. You’ve probably either disabled or removed a font that Mail needs to work properly (e.g. Helvetica):
Font Management in Mac OS X Tiger and Panther
As to how to set up Mail anew (which wouldn’t fix the font issue), Mail stores most preferences and all account settings in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (except the passwords, which are stored in the keychain). Everything else, including all your messages and mailboxes, is stored in ~/Library/Mail/. Quitting Mail and moving these to the Desktop would allow you to set up Mail anew the next time you launch it.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder.

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