In Elm, can I change incoming messages to show senders' usernames rather than their personal or full names?

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Unfortunately, it isn't possible to change incoming messages in Elm to show senders' usernames rather than their personal or full names. Syd Weinstein, the Elm coordinator, states:

"no one thought it worth it enough to write a mod for it. (including all the doc's etc. and making it easily configurable, etc.)"

Elm normally displays the full name associated with message senders, for example: N 1 Sep 24 Skinny Puppy (22) ants in space O 2 Sep 24 Do Da Do Da (31) my robot ate my modem Some users would prefer a behavior where only the username is shown: N 1 Sep 24 jdoe (22) ants in space O 2 Sep 24 bbixby (31) my robot ate my modem You can, however, view the full header of a single message, including the username. To do so, highlight the message using the up or down arrow key and press  h .

Also see:

• Where can I obtain some documentation about the Unix Mailer Elm?
• When I reply to an email message, how is the recipient decided?
• In Elm, how do I change the sorting order of my mail?