How to make "Company" appear in company column

[Will]

For some reason I cannot get the company name from an
address book contact to appear in a mail folder column
called "Company," that I added using the "customize
current view" tab. This makes it very difficult to find
a specific email in a folder, and I cannot sort by
Company, which would also be helpful.

When I change the contact view to "show empty fields," it
shows the company field as empty, even though the Company
box contains the company name.

 

[Down Home]

The "Company" field used for the Contacts folder will not do anything if
used in a mail folder, because e-mail does not contain a corresponding field
to supply the data. (i.e. it will always be blank because the e-mail
contains nothing to fill it with).

Sadly, Outlook does not provide an option to display the from field as the
entry in the contacts Display As / File As field, which would solve your
dilemma. I too, would like to see this option.

Good Luck!