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How do I turn off the preview pane?

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I'm just staring to use Thunderbird. It has a PREVIEW PANE as the default. I do NOT want a preview pane. How do I turn it off? Thank you!

I'm just staring to use Thunderbird. It has a PREVIEW PANE as the default. I do NOT want a preview pane. How do I turn it off? Thank you!

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Press F8. It's called 'message pane' and it's by no means a preview of the message. It does in fact open the message just as if in a separate window or tab.

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