Problem viewing email in safari.

Hi,
I am absolutely new to the mac os.
And i am sure that the problem that i am having has a very simple fix.
When i view email using safari, the header of the email overlaps with the email content because of which i am not able to read anything.
It works fine with ie but not safari.
could some one tell me how to fix it?
thank you
borg drone

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