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Disable the "POPUP" preview in Thunderbird

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Hi All

After spending a considerable amount of time researching how to do this I have still come up empty handed. It seems to me that the preview window that pops up when you get a new message in the lower right hand corner is certainly a security issue. It is displaying parts of emails that I would not open and send to trash as it is spam anyway. I have already eliminated the preview message pane by using <F8> but want to get rid of that pop up preview pane as well. Please let me know how to do this. Thank you all so much in advance.

Currently I am running version 31.2.0

Hi All After spending a considerable amount of time researching how to do this I have still come up empty handed. It seems to me that the preview window that pops up when you get a new message in the lower right hand corner is certainly a security issue. It is displaying parts of emails that I would not open and send to trash as it is spam anyway. I have already eliminated the preview message pane by using <F8> but want to get rid of that pop up preview pane as well. Please let me know how to do this. Thank you all so much in advance. Currently I am running version 31.2.0

Chosen solution

From the menu bar select Tools-Options-General and turn it off.

No menu bar with Tools? Press the alt key.

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Chosen Solution

From the menu bar select Tools-Options-General and turn it off.

No menu bar with Tools? Press the alt key.