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Michael Cook <cook@sightpath.com> writes:

>   %f   Contents of the From: or To: headers (string)
> 
> Am I misunderstanding how %f is supposed to work?
> Or is there a bug here somewhere.

Read the thread entitled "using multiple Summary buffer formats"

It should explain some of the things you need to do to get %f do what
you want.

HTH
Lee.
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