[MlMt] Message preview won't stay turned off

[Raza Rizvi]

Ha ha, that is it. I spent ages Googling for the answer. Sometimes one an overcomplicate things!

Thanks Bill.

Raza

On 10 Jan 2026, at 17:48, Bill Cole wrote:

> On 2026-01-10 at 12:03:06 UTC-0500 (Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:03:06 +0000)
> Raza Rizvi <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
> is rumored to have said:
>
>> Reviving an old thread… I also have this issue on one recent machine I use which is running r6290.
>>
>> Basically every time I reply to a message (though oddly not this reply) it opens a message preview window to the right of the message window. I can turn this off using the toolbar button at the top right of the screen or using the View/Layout/Toggle Preview option.
>>
>> So it happens for replies to messages that are HTMLised, but I would rather NOT see a preview as it takes up screen estate that is not necessary. Is there an undocumented hidden default preference to preserve that setting regardless of whether the message being replied to was originally text or HTML.
>
> A picture is worth a thousand words. Look at this one.