The "From: field on outgoing mail has dissappeared.

and I can't find anywhere to add From.
It simply vanished, whereas I'd always had a From, with pulldown menu that allowed me to choose which name/email address I wanted to send from.
thanks,
eek

No - nothing to do with columns, alas.
What is missing is the pulldown menu that used to be on lower left of address area.
The pulldaown aid "accounts" and I could pull down to select which of my email names I wanted to send from.
Oh - and this is the mail application, not the internet .
Thank you!

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