697031 - Display full email address in the From column of the thread pane

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Roman]

I would like to have the ability to view the From *email address* in the From column of my Sent messages. Perhaps a separate column for "From address"?

(I already have showCondensedAddresses set to false; this doesn't affect the From column. That might be a bug, or it might not - not sure.)

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

what are the values of :

mail.addr_book.displayName.autoGeneration
and
mail.addr_book.displayName.lastnamefirst

and in tools -> options -> advanced -> reading ... is "show only .... " selected ?

Comment 2

[Roman]

mail.addr_book.displayName.autoGeneration: true (default)
mail.addr_book.displayName.lastnamefirst: false (default)
"Show only ...": unchecked

Still, every email address of the form "Someone <[e-mail]>" is displayed as "Someone" in the "From" column.

Comment 6

[Jim Porter (:squib)]

Per bug 890683, it would also be useful to be able to display the bare email address (and *not* the display name) in the thread pane. This would make it easier for some use cases to disambiguate message authors/recipients.

Comment 7

[Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]]

This is also something important for security. If you get a phishing mail, which has a display name that may look legal, you may miss that it is actually sent from some fake address.

Sebastian

Comment 8

[Jorg K (CEST = GMT+2)]

There is an add-on that will display the full e-mail address in the thread pane:
Show Address Only - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/show-address-only/
Last time I tried it, it still worked.

Also, we're now showing the full details in the header pane since bug 1209565:
  Phishing Issue - raise a flag if Sender Name uses @, and does not match sender email address

Comment 9

[Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]]

Ah, great! Thank you for the fast response! The extension is indeed working.

Having said that, I still believe that this should be an integrated feature for the reasons outlined in comment 7.
Also, two columns for that information are taking a lot of horizontal space, so I'd suggest to have both in one column.

Sebastian

Comment 11

[awiersba]

I have tried the "Show Address Only" add-on with Thunderbird 52.1.1 (32-bit), and I get the error "This add-on is not compatible with your version of Thunderbird."   I see that the add-on was created in 2011, and not modified since then.

Is there another solution for Thunderbird 52.1.1 (32-bit)?

Thanks.

Comment 12

[Jorg K (CEST = GMT+2)]

Hmm, the reviews on this page https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/show-address-only/ claim that it works for TB 52.4 (current is 52.6). You might need to download it and install it manually.

Comment 14

[Matt]

The add-on "Show address Only" currently has 4,300 users, probably not enough to get into the top 100 addons. That is hardly an indication this is a widely sought feature. However the point of my posting here is to point out that the add-on has been updated for Thunderbird 68, so it will probably be around for quite a while yet.
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/show-address-only/?src=ss

Comment 15

[Chas Belov]

I also support due to #7. I don't want to show address only (and I also prefer to minimize plug-in use); I want to be able to see both the name and email address.