thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
From address is not shown in full detail
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Since Sep 16, 2026.
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- I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
App
K-9 Mail
App version
22.0
Where did you get the app from?
F-Droid
Android version
not relevant
Device model
not relevant
Steps to reproduce
K-9 does not do a good job at showing the details of the sender (From) of an email.
This has security implications as it enables phishing to a great extent, as the receiver cannot really see where the email came from.
Here is a real example:
- The redacted header of the email is:
Return-Path: <SRS0=ulPS=G3=leadingcorporatechanger.de=info@srs2.someserver.de>
Authentication-Results: someserver.de; dkim=none; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=
SRS0=3DulPS=3DG3=3Dleadingcorporatechanger.de=3Dinfo@srs2.someserver.de;
dmarc=fail header.from=mydomain.net policy.dmarc=none; iprev=pass
policy.iprev=123.321.111.222
Received: from mout.someserver.de ([123.321.111.222]) by mx.someserver.de
(mxeue003 [222.111.212.121]) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id 1MV382-1xUEiH0DoM-00PX3T
for <myname@mydomain.net>; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:09:27 +0200
UI-Loop: V01:NJhInX9psaU=:mZZuLUGwesUDSVZrtp4pKA==
Received: from mail.leadingcorporatechanger.de ([190.123.46.188]) by
mx.someserver.de (mxeue001 [222.111.212.121]) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id
1MCHvG-1xBbOw2n5u-0075qA for <info@mydomain.net>; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:09:26
+0200
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:09:22 +0000
From: =?utf-8?B?TGFycyBCw7ZobSBLdW5kZW5zZXJ2aWNlIEJlcmF0ZXI=?= <info@mydomain.net>
To: info@mydomain.net
Subject: =?utf-8?B?SU9OT1MgQml0dGUgaGFuZGVsbiBTaWUgLSBJaHIgU1NMLVplcnRpZmlrYXQgbMOkdWZ0IGJhbGQgYXVz?=
Message-ID: <1c95944699206376a03014298a2339bf@leadingcorporatechanger.de>
X-Sender: info@mydomain.net
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_=0e536246ba4ad452f8939f9cf0eaeda1"
Importance: High
Thread-Index: AdqCKEJSNXPH3ad5gGKaYBEDjQgfZe==
X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted
X-MS-Exchange-MessageSentRepresentingType: 1
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Internal
X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Id: d9c9e97d-237a-4644-b94f-e338d3db17aa
X-MS-Has-Attach:
X-Priority: 1
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.0.5435.1001
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
X-OriginatorOrg: mydomain.net
X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: e6fc6f02-64f1-4873-99ed-99e4933186cf
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-SCL: -1
X-MSMail-Priority: High
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Network-Message-Id: e679f14e-b377-4d4d-ad4f-bda7653fddb4
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource: mail.mydomain.net
X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal
Priority: urgent
X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: QufWQ3mVkNkaHO.mydomain.net
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthMechanism: 04
X-Spam-Flag: NO
UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;[...]
Envelope-To: <myname@mydomain.net>
UI-InboundReport: unknown:2;[...]
--_=0e536246ba4ad452f8939f9cf0eaeda1
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
[...]
- When viewing this message in K-9, it only displays:
IONOS Bitte handeln Sie - Ihr SSL-Zertifikat läuft bald aus
info@mydomain.net Thu
to info@mydomain.net
- Looking at the same message in Thunderbird, I see:
From Lars Böhm Kundenservice Berater <info@mydomain.net>
Subject IONOS Bitte handeln Sie - Ihr SSL-Zertifikat läuft bald aus
To info@mydomain.net
So what is missing here is way for K-9 to show the full "From" details.
This issue might be related to issue 7367 and 6934
Expected behavior
An option to show the full From details.
Actual behavior
Only short part of the From information is displayed.
Logs
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