Open Bug 341790 Opened 18 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Option to show address-only in Sender & recipient columns

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Mail Window Front End
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: mozilla.org, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4
Build Identifier: Thunderbird Windows 1.5.0.4

If I recieve an email from "John Doe <john@doe.com>" then the Sender column displays John Doe, if the email is addressed to "Me <myaddress@domain.com" then the Recipient column shows "Me"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Make sure your name is entered in the Your Name field under account settings
2.Send mail to yourself using the "Full Name <name@domain.com>" format
3.Turn off the "Show only display name" option under Advanced|General

Actual Results:  
In the Sender and Recipient column you will see "Full Name"

Expected Results:  
You should see name@domain.com
I would prefer this be covered by a separate preference, if at all.  The existing preference switches from "show both name and address" to "show name only" -- an "address-only" mode in the envelope display isn't available.  
(Also, the envelope has a tooltip to show the actual address for name-only display.)  I use this option, but I wouldn't want address-only, or even name-and-address, in the thread pane columns.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Windows XP → All
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: Sender & recipient columns shows only name even when "Show only display name" option turned off → Option to show address-only in Sender & recipient columns
Version: unspecified → Trunk
For me it is actually a bug - there is no difference in the behaviour of tbird, regardless of what I have set.  Nor is there a tooltip in the thread-pane column for either sender or receiver.
QA Contact: front-end
Assignee: mscott → nobody
It could also be done that "sender" column would be split into "sender name" and "sender address" columns, so everyone can toggle which to display.
Severity: normal → S3
You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.