torben fjerdingstad writes:
> I receive mailing lists in separate mail boxes and mutt knows
> about them.
>
> Unfortunately mutt rarely shows the sender name in the main
> menu, but instead the To: or CC: list name which I already know.
>
> How can I configure mutt to show the sender (author)?
Check out the manual entry for index_format. Copy the the default
string into your muttrc and change "L" to "n":
set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15n (%4l) %s"
^
You could also experiment with "a" or "F".
