Apple Mail viewing "From"?

I used to use Apple Mail in Classic mode which works.  I got a new computer and thought I would try the Apple Mail default view.   It is fine however the list of emails only show the "From" field.  I have many saved mailboxes "On My Mac" and in my out boxes every email shows the "From" field only, which is of course all me.   Useless.
In View : Message Attributes the "To" field is checked, and greyed out, but it does not display on my list of emails still.  It seems obvious to me that I should be able to show both the "From" and the "To" in the email list................

Do you mean the Sent mailbox, or really the Outbox?
My sent shows to, not from. I don't have anything waiting, so no Outbox to check.
I cannot find a way to alter what is displayed for each type of mailbox.

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