Re: [Evolution] Mail list display

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 12:17, Peter Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 11:42, Dan Hensley wrote:
> > This is one of the reasons I really want the ability to see the name and
> > e-mail address in the To: field when I compose a message, when I type in
> > an address that's in my addressbook.  I know it's been discussed in the
> > past, and for some strange reason the design decision was to hide the
> > e-mail address.  Hopefully CVS Head has this capability.  I _really_
> > hope it's in 1.2...  Or at least have a tooltip that shows up when the
> > cursor is over a particular name.
> >
> > Dan
>
> I don't see why this is really a problem... if there's any ambiguity,
> you have to choose using the completion dropdown, which shows you the
> email addresses. So you should always know what email address is behind
> the name... well, if you're editing a saved draft, I guess one could
> well forget which address it was, but really how often is that an issue?

Personally I'd prefer to see the email address. I don't think I have any
addresses in my addressbook that overlap, but it would still be nice.
Maybe it could be an option to view them or something. *shrug*

> Peter
>
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