Mail displaying recipient not sender

Hi Mac Mail is showing the recipient of the email (invariably me ) in list of emails the middle pane rather than the sender. How do I chnage it to show the sender other than revert to Classic layout. Seems a silly way of laying out essential summary of list of emails sent to me.
Maybe I am being dumb!
Best
Tommy Banana

Hi thomas bananus!
I believe you are referring to the Message Attributes in Mail for Mountain Lion. More info about this can be found in the following article:
Mail (Mountain Lion): View messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11705
Specifically, I think this section of the article will point you to the features you desire:
Show more information:
Choose View > Message Attributes, and then choose the information you want to see, such as Size or Mailbox.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

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You may need to use the information in this article to help you troubleshoot the issue with your outgoing server:
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