# Who sent me this email ? How to see in the list view, before opening a spam mail?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/who-sent-me-this-email-how-to-see-in-the-list-view-before-opening-a-spam-mail/52677>\
**Category:** Thunderbird\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/who-sent-me-this-email-how-to-see-in-the-list-view-before-opening-a-spam-mail/52677 "2020-01-24T17:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![JaiZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@JaiZ](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/JaiZ)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/who-sent-me-this-email-how-to-see-in-the-list-view-before-opening-a-spam-mail/52677/1 "2020-01-24T17:03:52Z")

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Hi,  
I am using Netscape, firefox, thunderbird for over 25 years !

Issue: I get a lot of spam and the current versions of thunderbird do NOT show the “Sender email” in the msg LIST PANE.  
It shows only the “FROM” or “Correspondent”.  
As a result, a spam mail from, (for example) [spammer@spammerxxx.com](mailto:spammer@spammerxxx.com) can appear to have come from a branded domain, like [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) or citibank.

Sure I can see the sender email-id when I open the mail. But I will not have to open and view the mail if I already know it came from a regular spammer.

Suggestion: Please add option to show “sender email address” in the columns check-box list.

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**Author:** ![sfhowes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sfhowes](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/sfhowes)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/who-sent-me-this-email-how-to-see-in-the-list-view-before-opening-a-spam-mail/52677/2 "2020-01-24T20:22:07Z")

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That option is available with an add-on: [Show Address Only](https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/show-address-only/)