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Thunderbird user-name not being used correctly

Jenny and David
Jenny and David
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The account details set up in Thunderbird for my email address give user name as 'Jenny and David' but incoming emails carry the receiving address (i.e. mine) as Me< ... and then my email address ..>. What do I do to get this changed? Where is the 'Me' stored? Why doesn't Thunderbird respect the data I have given?

The account details set up in Thunderbird for my email address give user name as 'Jenny and David' but incoming emails carry the receiving address (i.e. mine) as Me< ... and then my email address ..>. What do I do to get this changed? Where is the 'Me' stored? Why doesn't Thunderbird respect the data I have given?

Chosen solution

https://www.kuxas.com/148/how-to-stop-thunderbird-showing-me-or-you-instead-of-your-own-email-address

Tools/Options/Advanced//General/Config. editor, double-click mail.showCondensedAddresses to false.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Chosen Solution

https://www.kuxas.com/148/how-to-stop-thunderbird-showing-me-or-you-instead-of-your-own-email-address

Tools/Options/Advanced//General/Config. editor, double-click mail.showCondensedAddresses to false.

Jenny and David
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Well that works fine! Thank you.

How ludicrous that the solution should be so deeply hidden away.