diff --git a/res/xml/account_settings_preferences.xml b/res/xml/account_settings_preferences.xml
index 38341afed..0e6776c6f 100644
--- a/res/xml/account_settings_preferences.xml
+++ b/res/xml/account_settings_preferences.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
             android:dialogTitle="@string/account_settings_mail_display_count_label" />
 	   	</PreferenceCategory>
 
-        <CheckBoxPreference
-            android:key="left_handed"
-            android:title="@string/account_settings_left_handed_label" />
-
-
 		<PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/account_settings_message_view">
 
        <ListPreference
diff --git a/res/xml/global_preferences.xml b/res/xml/global_preferences.xml
index 8c3bf0fb3..7a5a9607d 100644
--- a/res/xml/global_preferences.xml
+++ b/res/xml/global_preferences.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
         android:summary="@string/animations_summary"
         />
     </PreferenceCategory>
+    <PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/messagelist_preferences" android:key="messagelist_preferences">
+
+         <CheckBoxPreference
+            android:key="messagelist_lefthanded_widgets"
+            android:title="@string/account_settings_left_handed_label"/>
     
+    </PreferenceCategory>
     <PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/operational_preferences" android:key="operational_preferences">
         <ListPreference
             android:key="background_ops"
diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java
index dced6e885..1d02db9bd 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java
@@ -62,8 +62,13 @@ public class K9 extends Application
     public static boolean ENABLE_ERROR_FOLDER = true;
     public static String ERROR_FOLDER_NAME = "K9mail-errors";
 
+
     private static boolean mAnimations = true;
 
+
+    private static boolean mMessageListLefthandedWidgets = false;
+
+
     /**
      * The MIME type(s) of attachments we're willing to send. At the moment it is not possible
      * to open a chooser with a list of filter types, so the chooser is only opened with the first
@@ -498,6 +503,7 @@ public class K9 extends Application
         editor.putBoolean("enableSensitiveLogging", K9.DEBUG_SENSITIVE);
         editor.putString("backgroundOperations", K9.backgroundOps.toString());
         editor.putBoolean("animations", mAnimations);
+        editor.putBoolean("messageListLefthandedWidgets",mMessageListLefthandedWidgets);
         editor.putInt("theme", theme);
     }
 
@@ -511,6 +517,9 @@ public class K9 extends Application
         DEBUG = sprefs.getBoolean("enableDebugLogging", false);
         DEBUG_SENSITIVE = sprefs.getBoolean("enableSensitiveLogging", false);
         mAnimations = sprefs.getBoolean("animations", true);
+        mMessageListLefthandedWidgets = sprefs.getBoolean("messageListLefthandedWidgets",false);
+
+
         try
         {
             setBackgroundOps(BACKGROUND_OPS.valueOf(sprefs.getString("backgroundOperations", "WHEN_CHECKED")));
@@ -628,6 +637,16 @@ public class K9 extends Application
     {
         mAnimations = animations;
     }
+
+    public static boolean messageListLefthandedWidgets()
+    {
+        return mMessageListLefthandedWidgets;
+    }
+
+    public static void setMessageListLefthandedWidgets(boolean lefty)
+    {
+        mMessageListLefthandedWidgets = lefty;
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/MessageList.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/MessageList.java
index 430d4fde3..1506c3102 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/MessageList.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/MessageList.java
@@ -383,11 +383,6 @@ public class MessageList
             mSelectedCount  = savedInstanceState.getInt(STATE_KEY_SELECTED_COUNT);
         }
 
-        if (mAccount != null)
-        {
-
-            mLeftHanded = mAccount.getLeftHanded();
-        }
         mAdapter = new MessageListAdapter();
 
         final Object previousData = getLastNonConfigurationInstance();
@@ -452,6 +447,7 @@ public class MessageList
     {
         super.onResume();
 
+        mLeftHanded = K9.messageListLefthandedWidgets();
 
         sortType = mController.getSortType();
         sortAscending = mController.isSortAscending(sortType);
diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSettings.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSettings.java
index 30b514a14..d6d56f374 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSettings.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public class AccountSettings extends K9PreferenceActivity
     private static final String PREFERENCE_DELETE_POLICY = "delete_policy";
     private static final String PREFERENCE_EXPUNGE_POLICY = "expunge_policy";
     private static final String PREFERENCE_AUTO_EXPAND_FOLDER = "account_setup_auto_expand_folder";
-    private static final String PREFERENCE_LEFT_HANDED = "left_handed";
 
 
     private Account mAccount;
@@ -71,8 +70,6 @@ public class AccountSettings extends K9PreferenceActivity
     private ListPreference mExpungePolicy;
     private Preference mAutoExpandFolder;
 
-    private CheckBoxPreference mLeftHanded;
-
 
     public static void actionSettings(Context context, Account account)
     {
@@ -266,9 +263,6 @@ public class AccountSettings extends K9PreferenceActivity
             mAccount.equals(Preferences.getPreferences(this).getDefaultAccount()));
 
 
-        mLeftHanded = (CheckBoxPreference) findPreference(PREFERENCE_LEFT_HANDED);
-        mLeftHanded.setChecked(mAccount.getLeftHanded());
-
         mAccountHideButtons = (ListPreference) findPreference(PREFERENCE_HIDE_BUTTONS);
         mAccountHideButtons.setValue("" + mAccount.getHideMessageViewButtons());
         mAccountHideButtons.setSummary(mAccountHideButtons.getEntry());
@@ -394,7 +388,6 @@ public class AccountSettings extends K9PreferenceActivity
         mAccount.setRingtone(prefs.getString(PREFERENCE_RINGTONE, null));
         mAccount.setHideMessageViewButtons(Account.HideButtons.valueOf(mAccountHideButtons.getValue()));
         mAccount.setAutoExpandFolderName(reverseTranslateFolder(mAutoExpandFolder.getSummary().toString()));
-        mAccount.setLeftHanded(mLeftHanded.isChecked());
         mAccount.save(Preferences.getPreferences(this));
         K9.setServicesEnabled(this);
         // TODO: refresh folder list here
diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/Prefs.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/Prefs.java
index 05aee72cb..b69cfd717 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/Prefs.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/Prefs.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class Prefs extends K9PreferenceActivity
     private static final String PREFERENCE_SENSITIVE_LOGGING = "sensitive_logging";
 
     private static final String PREFERENCE_ANIMATIONS = "animations";
+    private static final String PREFERENCE_MESSAGELIST_LEFTHANDED_WIDGETS = "messagelist_lefthanded_widgets";
 
     private ListPreference mTheme;
     private ListPreference mDateFormat;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ public class Prefs extends K9PreferenceActivity
     private CheckBoxPreference mDebugLogging;
     private CheckBoxPreference mSensitiveLogging;
     private CheckBoxPreference mAnimations;
+    private CheckBoxPreference mLefthandedWidgets;
+
 
     private String initBackgroundOps;
 
@@ -118,6 +121,9 @@ public class Prefs extends K9PreferenceActivity
 
         mAnimations = (CheckBoxPreference)findPreference(PREFERENCE_ANIMATIONS);
         mAnimations.setChecked(K9.isAnimations());
+
+        mLefthandedWidgets = (CheckBoxPreference)findPreference(PREFERENCE_MESSAGELIST_LEFTHANDED_WIDGETS);
+        mLefthandedWidgets.setChecked(K9.messageListLefthandedWidgets());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -134,7 +140,10 @@ public class Prefs extends K9PreferenceActivity
         K9.DEBUG_SENSITIVE = mSensitiveLogging.isChecked();
         String newBackgroundOps = mBackgroundOps.getValue();
         K9.setBackgroundOps(newBackgroundOps);
+
         K9.setAnimations(mAnimations.isChecked());
+        K9.setMessageListLefthandedWidgets(mLefthandedWidgets.isChecked());
+
         Editor editor = preferences.edit();
         K9.save(editor);
         DateFormatter.setDateFormat(editor, mDateFormat.getValue());