Organization in mac mail

[dalibal]

Hi.
I like to have the from column appear farthest left on the screen. I keep moving it there, it stays for a bit, and then moves back a few columns to the right. How come it's not staying, and how can I make it stay?

 

[ra3ndy]

How long is "a bit"? Do you mean, say, when you quit Mail and open it again, or perhaps when it wakes from sleep?

Just a hunch, but it sounds like the instruction isn't being saved to your preferences correctly (or at all). Try repairing your permissions with Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities)