[Users] Wierd "From" text in inbox list.

Paul claws at thewildbeast.co.uk
Thu Oct 15 12:18:54 CEST 2020


On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:04:10 +0200
"Erik P. Olsen" <epodata at gmail.com> wrote: 

> Whenever I send a message to someone the "From" field in the receiver's
> inbox message list displays:
>  
> -> [Recipient mail address]   
> 
> rather than sender's (my) name and address. How come?

Oh, I see what you mean. You meant one of your folders and not the
"receiver's inbox".

This is because at some point you have activated the hidden preference
"enable_swap_from".

To stop this, quit claws-mail, open ~/.claws-mail/clawsrc and set
enable_swap_from to 0.

with regards

Paul


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