Well, found out myself: 
In .kde/share/config/kmailrc, the entry [Reader] contained the line
MessagePaneHeight=0
This is rubbish, of course. But in the kmail 'Settings', this option was 
nowhere accessible.

Thomas


Thomas Roth wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> after the update to kde 3.3 on a SuSE9.0 System, kmail (1.7)  does not 
> show the message text any more. The message pane is there all right, 
> so is the message itself, but visible only if one hits 'reply', 
> 'forward' and the like.
> Any ideas what might be the cause?
>
> Thomas
>
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