Display email address in header of From AND To
Instead of displaying just the name of recipient or To address, display the email address from the header as well.
This way it is clear To and From what email address a message comes and in a lot of the cases it is directly clear if a message is SPAM/Phising or not.
Floris van der Zwaard
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Anonymous
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No doubt some design guy won the battle with the security team at Microsoft. But can your at least give users an option to see the full email address? Here's what happens, I see in my email list, an email from Chase, my bank. Looks legit. I click on the email, no indication it might be fraud, still just says chase as the from. Now, finally, a third click on chase and the fake email address is revealed. Unfortunately, for the thousands of folks that are victims to phishing and don't have the sense to check, because Microsoft obfuscated the email, they fell prey. First of, you don't need ML or AI to tell you Chase or bank of america are banks, that's a small list of institutions So if that's the only name, maybe it's phishing.
My only ask is that you give me an option to always show the full email by default. In today's crazy two factors authentication, security checking every step of the way.. Microsoft hand delivers simple phishing to anyone. Fix it -
MitCol
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Even if only the sender's domain was displayed, it would be helpful
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pksvendsen
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Allow us to display the senders EMAIL ADDRESS of received emails in the "From" column instead of the DISPLAY NAME of the sender. Will stop a lot of phishing scams as they use idiotic email addresses with legitimate titles to cover the email address up. At a glance, bogus emails will be much easier to see.
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Saul Pinnell
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the inbox information for each of the emails displays the (spam)"contact name" but not the actual email address it is sent from. the 1st way to tell if it is legitimate. even when opening the email i have to select the header before i can read the senders email address as it is hidden possibly leading to more users being missled by phising scams.
Please display the senders email address clearly next to the contact name -
Marek Pitera
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When composing a new message, OWA displays the handle but not the full email address. This is dangerous because it makes it easy for phishers to seem genuine. It is also confusing because I have many different people I write emails to who use the same handle but differene email addresses (eg ACCOUNTS). OWA should ALWAYS DISPLAY THE FULL EMAIL ADDRESS ALONGSIDE THE HANDLE
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Anonymous
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Let me see senders' e-mail addresses instead of names in my inbox view, please. There is no reason not to have this as an option.
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Delon Savath
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Could you restore the function to show the complete email message and headers from the list of the mailbox? Thus I could check more precily if each mail was sent from a trusted sender or not before opening. Thank you.
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Anonymous
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Marek Pitera
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In the Inbox and message panes, the email name shows but not the email address. There must be an option to display the full email address by default as this is the best way to tell apart a spoof / phishing email from a legitimate one.
