Sorry Mary, I didn't actually answer your question. To view the "real" address. Go the the View menu>Addresses and check "Show Name and Address. This will display both the email address and familiar name in the header. Mark Des Cotes Systems Manager/Graphic Designer Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd. 3308 Second Street East Cornwall Ontario Canada K6H 6J8 T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106, F (613) 932-1052 www.astroprinting.com On Apr 17, 2006, at 8:36 AM, Mary C. Youra wrote: > In Mail, is there a way to view the "real" incoming address, and not > just the shortened, familiar name? For example, I have a rule set to > alert me whenever I receive mail from "jon" in the From with a sound. > This catches any email, though, from my Jon, whether he's using Jon or > Jonathan, as well as any of the Jones. I know this isn't the best rule > I could devise--I should list each of Jon's email addresses--but I'm > still curious about my question. This morning, I had to run a search > before discovering it also triggered: jon_s20 at freehealthstuff.com > which landed rightly in my Junk folder, but displayed only the name > Weston Kelly. I had to open the email to understand why that address > met the criteria (which I'd rather not do). It seems like viewing > complete or real addresses without opening emails would be useful in > general. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >