diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/list-sender.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/list-sender.test.ts
index 98b785b8..5eebf75f 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/list-sender.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/list-sender.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { listAddressLabel } from '../list-sender';
+import { listAddressLabel, rowShowsRecipient } from '../list-sender';
 import { toUnicodeEmailOnOwnDomains } from '../idn';
 
 // A sender with no display name on one of the user's own IDN domains showed
@@ -42,3 +42,40 @@ describe('list rows', () => {
     expect(unified).not.toMatch(/\.name \|\| [\w.?[\]]*\.email/);
   });
 });
+
+// A search started in Sent spans every folder: Inbox hits showed their
+// recipient (the user) instead of their sender.
+describe('rowShowsRecipient', () => {
+  const OWN = [
+    { id: 'inb', role: 'inbox' },
+    { id: 'snt', role: 'sent' },
+    { id: 'drf', role: 'drafts' },
+  ];
+  const SHARED = [
+    { id: 'grp-1:inb', originalId: 'inb', role: 'inbox' },
+    { id: 'grp-1:snt', originalId: 'snt', role: 'sent' },
+  ];
+
+  it('follows the open folder for its own list', () => {
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ inb: true }, [], 'sent', 'current')).toBe(true);
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ snt: true }, [], 'inbox', 'current')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("follows each row's own folders in a search over every folder", () => {
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ inb: true }, OWN, 'sent', 'all')).toBe(false);
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ snt: true }, OWN, 'sent', 'all')).toBe(true);
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ drf: true }, OWN, 'inbox', 'all')).toBe(true);
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ inb: true }, OWN, 'sent', 'inb')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("matches a shared account's folders on their raw ids", () => {
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ snt: true }, SHARED, 'sent', 'all')).toBe(true);
+    expect(rowShowsRecipient({ inb: true }, SHARED, 'sent', 'all')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('is wired into the list rows', () => {
+    const list = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'screens/EmailListScreen.tsx'), 'utf8');
+    expect(list).toMatch(/showRecipient=\{showRecipientFor\(item\)\}/);
+    expect(list).not.toMatch(/const showRecipient = currentRole === 'sent'/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/list-sender.ts b/src/lib/list-sender.ts
index 96582684..543c36ac 100644
--- a/src/lib/list-sender.ts
+++ b/src/lib/list-sender.ts
@@ -11,3 +11,21 @@ export function listAddressLabel(
 ): string {
   return address?.name || (address?.email ? formatAddress(address.email) : '') || unknown;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Whether a list row names its recipient instead of its sender. Sent and
+ * Drafts name the recipient (webmail 1.4.12). A search started there runs
+ * over every folder unless it is narrowed (`folderScope` other than
+ * 'current'), so the open folder says nothing about a row: the row's own
+ * folders decide, matched on each folder's raw id. `rowMailboxes` are the
+ * folders of the row's account.
+ */
+export function rowShowsRecipient(
+  mailboxIds: Record<string, boolean> | undefined,
+  rowMailboxes: ReadonlyArray<{ id: string; originalId?: string; role?: string | null }>,
+  listRole: string | null | undefined,
+  folderScope: string,
+): boolean {
+  if (folderScope === 'current') return listRole === 'sent' || listRole === 'drafts';
+  return rowMailboxes.some((m) => (m.role === 'sent' || m.role === 'drafts') && !!mailboxIds?.[m.originalId ?? m.id]);
+}
diff --git a/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx b/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx
index f0076d2e..bd6b9bfa 100644
--- a/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ import { useContactsStore } from '../stores/contacts-store';
 import { useOutboxStore } from '../stores/outbox-store';
 import { toast } from '../stores/toast-store';
 import { getContactDisplayName } from '../lib/contact-utils';
-import { listAddressLabel } from '../lib/list-sender';
+import { listAddressLabel, rowShowsRecipient } from '../lib/list-sender';
 import { useOwnDomainAddress } from '../lib/use-own-domain-address';
 import { formatListDate } from '../lib/date-format';
 import { singleLine } from '../lib/single-line';
 import { cleanPreview } from '../lib/preview-text';
 import { SearchSnippetText } from '../components/email/SearchSnippetText';
 import {
-  findTrashMailbox, findArchiveMailbox, findJunkMailbox, mailboxesForSiblingOf, ownMailboxes,
+  findTrashMailbox, findArchiveMailbox, findJunkMailbox, mailboxesForSiblingOf, ownMailboxes, mailboxesOfAccount,
 } from '../lib/mailbox-tree';
 import { localizeMailboxName } from '../lib/mailbox-label';
 import {
@@ -577,7 +577,18 @@ export default function EmailListScreen({
   }, [sharedTags, keywordDefs]);
   const folderKeywordDefs = (currentOwnerAccountId && keywordDefsByAccount.get(currentOwnerAccountId)) || keywordDefs;
   const inJunk = currentRole === 'junk' || currentRole === 'spam';
-  const showRecipient = currentRole === 'sent' || currentRole === 'drafts';
+  // A search started in Sent runs over every folder: each row names its
+  // recipient only when it is in Sent or Drafts itself.
+  const rowScope = effectiveFolderScope(storeSearchQuery, filters, currentRole);
+  const showRecipientFor = React.useCallback(
+    (item: Email) => rowShowsRecipient(
+      item.mailboxIds,
+      rowScope === 'current' ? [] : mailboxesOfAccount(mailboxes, accountIdOfRow(item)),
+      currentRole,
+      rowScope,
+    ),
+    [rowScope, mailboxes, currentRole],
+  );
   const formatAddress = useOwnDomainAddress();
 
   // When threading is on, collapse same-thread emails so the list shows the
@@ -896,7 +907,7 @@ export default function EmailListScreen({
           item={item}
           threadCount={threadCountFor(item)}
           showPreview={showPreview}
-          showRecipient={showRecipient}
+          showRecipient={showRecipientFor(item)}
           formatAddress={formatAddress}
           tagIds={rowTagIds.get(key) ?? ''}
           keywordDefs={(item.jmapAccountId && keywordDefsByAccount.get(item.jmapAccountId)) || folderKeywordDefs}
@@ -916,7 +927,7 @@ export default function EmailListScreen({
     [
       selectedIds, activeRowKey, selectionMode, handleRowPress, toggleSelect, swipeLeftAction, swipeRightAction,
       swipeMode, handleRowSwipe, disableThreading, rowFlags, rowTagIds, threadCountFor,
-      showPreview, showRecipient, formatAddress, keywordDefsByAccount, folderKeywordDefs, inJunk, showAvatarsInJunk,
+      showPreview, showRecipientFor, formatAddress, keywordDefsByAccount, folderKeywordDefs, inJunk, showAvatarsInJunk,
       loadAttachments, openAttachment,
     ],
   );