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Show sender email address in inbox listing to detect forged senders

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I'm receiving many phishing emails, but when I browse through the list of emails in my inbox then this isn't obvious. In the "from" column I can only see the (forged) name of the sender displayed and not the sender's email address.

In the past there used to be an add-on to mitigate this problem, but that add-on doesn't work any more for TB 115.6.0 (64-bit).

The add-on was: "Show Address Only" Latest version 0.2.0 Released Sept. 19, 2019 11.9 KiB Works with Thunderbird 68.0 - 77.0 Current maintainer: R.I.P.

When I try to install it, then I get the message: "This add-on is not compatible with your version of Thunderbird. "

I would like to be able to instantly check the sender email address before opening an email. How can I list sender email address instead of only (a forged) name?

This should be basic functionality of Thunderbird.

I'm receiving many phishing emails, but when I browse through the list of emails in my inbox then this isn't obvious. In the "from" column I '''can only see the (forged) name of the sender''' displayed and '''not the sender's email address'''. In the past there used to be an add-on to mitigate this problem, but that add-on doesn't work any more for TB 115.6.0 (64-bit). The add-on was: "Show Address Only" Latest version 0.2.0 Released Sept. 19, 2019 11.9 KiB Works with Thunderbird 68.0 - 77.0 Current maintainer: R.I.P. When I try to install it, then I get the message: "This add-on is not compatible with your version of Thunderbird. " I would like to be able to instantly check the sender email address before opening an email. How can I list sender email address instead of only (a forged) name? This should be basic functionality of Thunderbird.

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Bogomil Shopov - Бого
Bogomil Shopov - Бого
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Hi, If you want to view it in the full message view, you can do the following: - Select a message - Click on "More" - then click on "Customize" - then from the dialog, select "Always show sender full address" - Hit Done.

I believe this is the only possible way right now.

Marty
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Bogomil Shopov - Бого said
Hi, If you want to view it in the full message view, you can do the following: ... I believe this is the only possible way right now.

Thanks for your reply. It does help a little, but one has to open each message in order to view the sender's email address. I'd rather see it at a glance in the list of emails in my inbox.

Bogomil Shopov - Бого
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I totally agree with you. there is a community request for this: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/new-column-for-e-mail-address-of-sender/idi-p/38300

It would be nice if you can upvote it!

Have a brilliant day!

Marty
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Bogomil Shopov - Бого said
there is a community request for this: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/new-column-for-e-mail-address-of-sender/idi-p/38300 It would be nice if you can upvote it!

Thank you for attending me to the community request. I registered and upvoted immediately. The current situation is a security nightmare.

I hope more people will be able to find the request and take the effort to register.

I just had a look. The request is ranked at page 4, about 80 request are before it. That will take ages....

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