[clug] thunderbird displayed "From" [FIXED]

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

On 14/6/19 6:06 pm, Eyal Lebedinsky via linux wrote:
> Recently (I forget how long) I noticed that in thunderbird, the From item in the mail item panel
> as well as in the folder column is showing "list CLUG" rather than the senders name.
> 
> Since many people do not include their name in a sig (or a final salutation) I do not know who
> the person really is. For example, a thread today comes from Steve Jenkin who has a clear sig,
> and a reply then comes which I cannot see the sender. The headers clearly include
>      From: Keith Goggin via linux <linux at lists.samba.org>
> and the quote in the reply starts with
>      On 14/6/19 4:37 pm, steve jenkin via linux wrote:
> so the information is there and used otherwise - so why not in the "From" column?
> 
> Is this a recent thunderbird configuration change (by me or through an update, now version "60.4.0 (64-bit)")?
> Or maybe this is something in the list manager?
> 
> I think it is the former.
> 
> TIA

Fixed! Going through all the preferences
	Display
	Formatting
	untick "Show only display name for people in my address book"

In hindsight it is very clear....

Thanks everyone.

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