Is it possible to get outlook for Mac 2011 to always display the e-mail address, not the contact name?

Solution 1:

One easy-but-slow method is the double-hover: put the mouse cursor on the name field and a contact 'hint' pops up, again with the name and some options - hover on this name again, and the email address is revealed.

I cannot fathom the stupidity of routinely masking this information: people have multiple addresses, multiple people have the same name, spammers disguise themselves, etc. etc. It really is infuriating.

Solution 2:

I drag the 'name' into a TextEdit window where I can then see the email address. There must be a better way and I'd love to know what that is.

Solution 3:

The fastest way I have found from the inbox is to right click on the message, choose "View Source" from the menu, then look for the line starting "From:".

Once a message is open, there doesn't seem to be a way to view the source (yeah, stupid), so you have to double click on the from icon, then select the view this contact icon, and look through the contact for their e-mail address. If the contact has multiple e-mail addresses, I don't know what to do.

Solution 4:

You can visualize the actual email addresses in a single keystroke by creating a forwarded mail. You do not actually need to forward anything; as soon as you select Forward or click Command-j, a screen will appear for composing a forwarded mail which displays the original email addresses, e.g. "John Doe" You can then quit the message, e.g. with Command-w.