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Question

How to configure Apple Mail.app to show name from headers?

Mar 4, 2016 2:35PM PST

How to configure Apple Mail.app to show name and address from mail headers "From: " field and not from Contacts.app???

Apple Mail.app shows me always the name from Contacts.app (card is a read only download from global catalog), e.g.:
"Service Address" <front-desk@ourcompany.net>
But we have more than one who use this address. and this people configure there clients as follow:
name: "person1 first last" / address: <front-desk@ourcompany.net>
name: "person2 first last" / address: <front-desk@ourcompany.net>
name: "person3 first last" / address: <front-desk@ourcompany.net>
When I look to the mail headers, there are the correct names inside, but in Apple Mail.app the list view shows only "Service Address" <front-desk@ourcompany.net>. So I'm not able for differing the sender of mail without reading this.

And I do not want to manage a private address card for this address, because the people behind this address are changing all 4-6 weeks! The version I use before has done this correct, is El Captain a downgrade or have I to change to Thunderbird?

Thanks for support!

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