[X4U] Mail question

[Mary C. Youra]

Thanks, Mark -- and I will set up a rule to filter all of Jon's  
email. I was just hoping for a way to check for a "real" address  
without opening an email, and there doesn't seem to be one. My  
version of Mail (2.0.7, with OS 10.4.5) doesn't seem to have the Show  
Name and Address option available in the View menu.  I can get the  
address via the complete header info using View>Message>Header  
(thanks, Richard), but that, too, requires opening the email (or  
having it selected in the prevew pane. I was looking for a way  
without opening the email at all, and not using the preview pane. It  
just seems like it should be a display preference, or even a column  
you could select, and I thought maybe I'd overlooked something. Oh,  
well.

Mary

p.s. I'm on digest, and I apologize that this reply will not thread  
appropriately. If there's a way to do that, and someone posts it, I  
promise to save the instructions for next time.

On Apr 17, 2006, at 8:51 AM, x4u- 
request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

>
> 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.