Can you check your address book for entries like "Programming Forum" and "Pascal Jasmin"? Very likely they are associated in some way.
On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 7:54 AM 'Mike Day' via Chat <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I'm on 60.6.1 as well! Perhaps our T/bird set-ups got swapped.... > > I agree its behaviour is consistent in that individuals are consistently > treated > > one way or the other! > > Weird, > > Mike > > On 14/05/2019 15:06, David Mitchell wrote: > > I have been seeing the 'anonymizing' issue for years with Tbird. Some > > messages showed the "From" field value as the name of the Forum. I > > never determined why some messages in the forums showed this and some > > did not. It seemed to be consistent for particular senders. > > > > Several weeks ago, this changed for me. I now see some From values as: > > 'Mike Day' via Chat > > > > Plus, my older messages were retroactively fixed. > > > > So, I suspect that Tbird has had some recent changes that fixed it for > > me. I am running Tbird 60.6.1. > > > > David Mitchell > > > > > > On 5/14/2019 09:22, chris burke wrote: > >> I don't see this problem using Gmail. > >> > >> Is the Tbird behaviour consistent? It seems that Skip and Pascal were > >> anonymized, but is this always the case? If so, check your address book > >> entries for them. > >> > >> Also, is it possible to customize the "Correspondents" column in > >> Tbird, so > >> as to force showing the "From" address for the forums? > >> > >> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 1:42 AM 'Mike Day' via Chat <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Sorry to ask this again - Chris set me right some time ago, but I > >>> can't > >>> find his advice, nor can I remember how to show myself and others, such > >>> as Skip Cave, I think, by name rather than as "Programming Forum", both > >>> in the "Correspondents" column in Mozilla Thunderbird's list of emails, > >>> and, in an individual message window, the names shown as From and To. > >>> > >>> I don't know if this is a feature of other email support software - > >>> I've > >>> always favoured T/Bird. > >>> > >>> This isn't (only!) a matter of vanity - it's a pain looking at a stream > >>> of messages listed by thread and looking for a particular person's > >>> contribution. > >>> > >>> For example, in RE Boss's recent thread on "seqfan problem", all > >>> contributors' names except mine are displayed, Boss, Hui, Alvord et al, > >>> but I'm anonymous, so not too difficult. However, in Skip Cave's > >>> thread > >>> "Largest & Smallest", both he and I are anonymous, while Roger & > >>> Nollaig > >>> are there by name. As for Piet de Jong's thread, "Passing on" > >>> monad/dyad > >>> information, I have no idea who commented: " Cliff's answer is helpful > >>> IMO," > >>> > >>> I think the answer might be something to do with the "Address Book" but > >>> can't remember. It's probably thought to be intuitive, but it beats > >>> me! J's easy by comparison... > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Mike > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --- > >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
