Mail: 'To' column in folders

The current version of Mail does not have the 'To' column in folders I have created.
Any was I can get it back?

HopHead wrote:
Thanks for the advice and information both. However, pottyperson's reply implies that Thunderbird displays the recipient in the Sent folder only, which is the main issue I am trying to resolve. Is this correct?
Also (sorry to be a pain) I use a desktop at home and a laptop when out and about. Can Thunderbird synchronise between two computers so that my accounts look the same on both machines?
Thanks in advance.
HH.
You can add the recipient column to the display on Thunderbird very easily, just by right clicking on the header.
Thunderbird will synchronise between machines. The way it works, is by using the BT Yahoo EMAP server as the central exchange.
I use it on my desktop, laptop and netbook. When I start the program up, it updates its local copy with whatever is on the server.
When you finish, you can sychronise again before going offline.
You can still access you mail via webmail as well if you want.
Why not give it a try, its very popular. If you have any problems, let me know.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

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