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forums.jsoftware.com Also, if you could give an example other than yourself of someone whose name is handled properly, it would be easier to study the issue. (Mail client software might have special case code for the sender's messages.) Thanks, -- Raul On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Mike Day <[email protected]> wrote: > Not J as such, though J forum related - perhaps someone could > help me solve a very irritating feature, at least in my installation > of Thunderbird. > > When I post to one of the J fora, and the message is eventually > listed in my J-mail folder, my name is displayed in the "from" > column, as "Mike Day". > > But when Pascal Jasmin or Jon Hough and maybe one or two > other correspondents post, it shows > "Programming forum" > as the sender. > > I can usually discover the sender's name when I open and reveal > the message, but it is annoying not to know the sender's name > from the simple listing > of "Subject" "from" "date" and "size". > > I'm not aware of having chosen any special settings in Thunderbird > that might have triggered this behaviour for just two or three > senders. > Apologies for not posting an interesting J problem! > > Thanks for any ideas, > > Mike (nka Programming forum) > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
