# MS Outlook Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-question/506638 "2009-08-16T17:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-question/506638/1 "2009-08-16T17:42:27Z")
My Outlook Inbox no longer displays who the messages are from, and I can’t figure out how to get it back. Anyone know how to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-question/506638/2 "2009-08-16T18:01:12Z")
Can you click and drag the border of the Received column? Failing that, right click on the top and choose Columns. Then check the Received box. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-question/506638/3 "2009-08-16T22:56:36Z")
I couldn’t find a Received box in the “Format Columns” menu. But the right-click on the bar you mentioned helped me find the Field Chooser, which had the missing From field (it still took me a while to figure out you have to drag it from the menu to where you want it.) There’s a menu item called Remove this Column, and I suspect that’s how I lost it in the first place. Thanks, Shodan. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-question/506638/4 "2009-08-17T12:06:06Z")
Excellent. Regards, Shodan