"From" display

eggdog

Would it be possible to allow us to choose in "Mail Settings" whether to show the username or the actual email address in the email header's "From" field? For example: if an email from Microsoft comes in, I'd like to know just from looking at the panel list whether it's from "[email protected]" or "[email protected]" or "[email protected]". This would save having to open obvious and potentially dangerous spam.

If there is a reason you won't or can't do this, I'd like to know that, too.

Thanks for your consideration.

Hadden89

@eggdog I don't think so because the format is always SENDER TITLE <[email protected]>.

However, if you don't enable the "external content" for such mails you shouldn't be affected by further spam.
The receiver has not way to know if you opened the mail without such content.

DoctorG

I would prefer only to show Name part if sender is already in Contacts.

The ways some clients show only the name leads to overlook phishing/scam/fraudulent mail.

yojimbo274064400

In:

Horizontal or Vertical Wide layout Subject column is always shown with following being optional:
Vertical shows a pop-up message when pointer hovers over message showing its subject, from header's Display Name or Email Address, if former does not exist, along with sent date and time.

A column option to show the message's From: header value: would solve the former and for the latter not making a distinction between the value parts, i.e. show the Display Name and Email Address.

FWIW noticed that the message list panel shows the Display Name of From: header value but in the message pane it show the Contact entry name. When displaying Sender column it should be consistent and display the Contact entry name.