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Letterbox for Mac

Adds three-column view to Mail.app; does not support OS X 10.7 or later.

Free
In English
Version 0.24b9
4.5
Based on 54 user rates

Letterbox overview

Letterbox is a plugin for Apple's Mail.app that takes advantage of your widescreen monitor. It rearranges the interface into three vertical columns so the message pane is to the right of the message list, rather than below.

What’s new in version 0.24b9

Version 0.24b9:
  • This version of Letterbox is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.7 and the build of Mail on new MacBook Pros.
  • Still incompatible with some Mail plugins that also use Sparkle for auto-updating.
  • The two-line combined From/Subject column doesn't play well with fonts other than Helvetica and Lucida Grande.
  • Changing the preview pane position with the menu item or keyboard shortcut does not visibly change the value in the preference pane.

Letterbox for Mac

Free
In English
Version 0.24b9
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4.5

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Aargl
Aargl
Oct 10 2013
0.24b9
3.5
Oct 10 2013
3.5
Version: 0.24b9
Dev's site has changed, it's now: http://montivagant.com/software/letterbox/ And it states clearly:"I do not have a version of Letterbox for OS X 10.7 and 10.8. These versions of OS X support a 3-column view in Mail." The Show/Hide function doesn't seem to work on 10.6 (though it does on 10.5), except for that, it's ok. ;-)
AmesMark
AmesMark
Jan 30 2013
0.24b9
0.5
Jan 30 2013
0.5
Version: 0.24b9
Used mailpluginfix and that does enable letterbox to show up in preferences, but it still doesn't work with ML
JohnnyBadger
JohnnyBadger
Dec 7 2012
0.24b9
0.5
Dec 7 2012
0.5
Version: 0.24b9
I have downloaded Letterbox for my wife's Macbook which runs OS 10.4. Having briefly enabled the Mail viewing pane to be to the right, it has now crashed Mail completely. Opening Mail brings up the top line menu but no Mail visible, so she has now lost everything. I have moved Letterbox to trash having attempted to uninstall 1st, with no effect. Help much appreciated.
JenDoc
JenDoc
Sep 26 2012
0.24b9
5.0
Sep 26 2012
5.0
Version: 0.24b9
Love this plug in!! Can't live without it!! The standard Mac view truly makes no sense. Wish every Mac user knew about this little gem.
Cgc
Cgc
Sep 24 2012
0.24b9
5.0
Sep 24 2012
5.0
Version: 0.24b9
The recent security update just disabled Letterbox in OSX 10.6.7 w/ Mail 4.6. Already miss it...
Aargl
Aargl
Oct 10 2013
3.5
Oct 10 2013
3.5
Version: null
AmesMark
AmesMark
Jan 30 2013
0.5
Jan 30 2013
0.5
Version: null
JohnnyBadger
JohnnyBadger
Dec 7 2012
0.5
Dec 7 2012
0.5
Version: null
JenDoc
JenDoc
Sep 26 2012
5.0
Sep 26 2012
5.0
Version: null
Cgc
Cgc
Sep 24 2012
5.0
Sep 24 2012
5.0
Version: null
leocrespo
leocrespo
Aug 18 2012
4.5
Aug 18 2012
4.5
Version: null
jasimon9
jasimon9
Sep 19 2011
4.0
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4.0
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Pugwash
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4.5
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4.5
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etang4luv
Aug 3 2011
5.0
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5.0
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Carina-st
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5.0
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5.0
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Tribtris
Jul 22 2011
4.5
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4.5
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vinjah
Jun 27 2011
4.5
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4.5
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Jakew
May 19 2011
3.5
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3.5
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Aleph-Pukk
Apr 7 2011
5.0
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5.0
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Cerebrl
Apr 2 2011
4.5
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4.5
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Luke-armstrong
Mar 22 2011
5.0
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5.0
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Myka
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5.0
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Hendricx
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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Sjs43b
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4.0
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4.0
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skikel
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4.5
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4.5
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Paolo-Tramannoni
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5.0
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5.0
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Galen-turner
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5.0
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5.0
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heidiskinner
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4.0
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4.0
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Celebritarian
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4.0
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4.0
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craigfin74
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5.0
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5.0
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Petter-A-Mehren
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4.5
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4.5
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Macman4hire
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5.0
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5.0
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MichaelHaeusler
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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Dochoz
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5.0
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Hal0thane
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5.0
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Kankei71
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5.0
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Dr-Girlfriend
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Seven310
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5.0
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Jmilleruk
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5.0
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Waltermax
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5.0
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Bumbleb
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5.0
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5.0
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Gurubez
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5.0
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5.0
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