diff -urN sylpheed-2.2.4/libsylph/prefs_common.c sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/libsylph/prefs_common.c
--- sylpheed-2.2.4/libsylph/prefs_common.c	2006-03-16 23:34:41.000000000 -0500
+++ sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/libsylph/prefs_common.c	2006-04-07 14:46:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
 
 	{"toolbar_style", "3", &prefs_common.toolbar_style, P_ENUM},
 	{"show_searchbar", "TRUE", &prefs_common.show_searchbar, P_BOOL},
+	{"show_gtk_headers", "TRUE", 
+		&prefs_common.show_gtk_headers, P_BOOL},
 	{"show_statusbar", "TRUE", &prefs_common.show_statusbar, P_BOOL},
 
 	{"summary_col_show_mark", "TRUE",
diff -urN sylpheed-2.2.4/libsylph/prefs_common.h sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/libsylph/prefs_common.h
--- sylpheed-2.2.4/libsylph/prefs_common.h	2006-03-16 23:33:37.000000000 -0500
+++ sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/libsylph/prefs_common.h	2006-04-07 14:47:10.000000000 -0400
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 	gboolean bold_unread;
 
 	ToolbarStyle toolbar_style;
+	gboolean show_gtk_headers;
 	gboolean show_searchbar;
 	gboolean show_statusbar;
 
diff -urN sylpheed-2.2.4/src/folderview.c sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/src/folderview.c
--- sylpheed-2.2.4/src/folderview.c	2006-03-26 23:30:25.000000000 -0500
+++ sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/src/folderview.c	2006-04-07 15:14:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 
 	treeview = gtk_tree_view_new_with_model(GTK_TREE_MODEL(store));
 	g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(store));
-	gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview), TRUE);
+	gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview), prefs_common.show_gtk_headers);
 	gtk_tree_view_set_rules_hint(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview), FALSE);
 	gtk_tree_view_set_search_column(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview),
 					COL_FOLDER_NAME);
diff -urN sylpheed-2.2.4/src/mainwindow.c sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/src/mainwindow.c
--- sylpheed-2.2.4/src/mainwindow.c	2006-03-09 21:48:52.000000000 -0500
+++ sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/src/mainwindow.c	2006-04-07 14:53:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@
 static void toggle_toolbar_cb	 (MainWindow	*mainwin,
 				  guint		 action,
 				  GtkWidget	*widget);
+static void toggle_gtk_headers_cb	 (MainWindow	*mainwin,
+				  guint		 action,
+				  GtkWidget	*widget);
 static void toggle_searchbar_cb	 (MainWindow	*mainwin,
 				  guint		 action,
 				  GtkWidget	*widget);
@@ -543,6 +546,8 @@
 						NULL, toggle_toolbar_cb, TOOLBAR_TEXT, "/View/Show or hide/Toolbar/Icon and text"},
 	{N_("/_View/Show or hi_de/_Toolbar/_None"),
 						NULL, toggle_toolbar_cb, TOOLBAR_NONE, "/View/Show or hide/Toolbar/Icon and text"},
+	{N_("/_View/Show or hi_de/GTK headers"),
+						NULL, toggle_gtk_headers_cb, 0, "<ToggleItem>"},
 	{N_("/_View/Show or hi_de/_Search bar"),
 						NULL, toggle_searchbar_cb, 0, "<ToggleItem>"},
 	{N_("/_View/Show or hi_de/Status _bar"),
@@ -1075,6 +1080,11 @@
 	}
 	gtk_check_menu_item_set_active(GTK_CHECK_MENU_ITEM(menuitem), TRUE);
 
+	menuitem = gtk_item_factory_get_item
+		(ifactory, "/View/Show or hide/GTK headers");
+	gtk_check_menu_item_set_active(GTK_CHECK_MENU_ITEM(menuitem),
+				       prefs_common.show_gtk_headers);
+
 	gtk_widget_hide(summaryview->search_hbox);
 	menuitem = gtk_item_factory_get_item
 		(ifactory, "/View/Show or hide/Search bar");
@@ -3015,6 +3025,24 @@
 	prefs_common.toolbar_style = (ToolbarStyle)action;
 }
 
+static void toggle_gtk_headers_cb(MainWindow *mainwin, guint action,
+				GtkWidget *widget)
+{
+	if (GTK_CHECK_MENU_ITEM(widget)->active) {
+		gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW( 
+			mainwin->folderview->treeview), TRUE);
+		gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW( 
+			mainwin->summaryview->treeview), TRUE);
+		prefs_common.show_gtk_headers = TRUE;
+	} else {
+		gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW(
+			mainwin->folderview->treeview), FALSE);
+		gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW(
+			mainwin->summaryview->treeview), FALSE);
+		prefs_common.show_gtk_headers = FALSE;
+	}
+}
+
 static void toggle_searchbar_cb(MainWindow *mainwin, guint action,
 				GtkWidget *widget)
 {
diff -urN sylpheed-2.2.4/src/summaryview.c sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/src/summaryview.c
--- sylpheed-2.2.4/src/summaryview.c	2006-03-26 23:29:39.000000000 -0500
+++ sylpheed-2.2.4-ph/src/summaryview.c	2006-04-07 15:22:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -4868,7 +4868,7 @@
 #undef SET_SORT
 
 	treeview = gtk_tree_view_new_with_model(GTK_TREE_MODEL(store));
-	gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview), TRUE);
+	gtk_tree_view_set_headers_visible(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview), prefs_common.show_gtk_headers);
 	gtk_tree_view_set_rules_hint(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview),
 				     prefs_common.enable_rules_hint);
 	gtk_tree_view_set_enable_search(GTK_TREE_VIEW(treeview), FALSE);