diff --git a/frontend/src/components/list/MessageList.tsx b/frontend/src/components/list/MessageList.tsx
index 83a9061..1688dc0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/list/MessageList.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/list/MessageList.tsx
@@ -35,15 +35,23 @@ function initials(p: Address | undefined): string {
 
 // Past this many characters the sender column switches to first names only.
 const SENDERS_FULL_MAX = 25;
+// A lone sender's name longer than this is cut to one character less plus "...".
+const SINGLE_SENDER_MAX = 22;
 
-// The sender column's text: full names joined, or — when that would run past
-// SENDERS_FULL_MAX — each sender's first word ("Alice Smith" -> "Alice", a bare
-// address -> its local part). The user's own accounts are always `me`.
+// The sender column's text. A single sender shows in full, or cut at
+// SINGLE_SENDER_MAX. Several show as full names joined, or — when that would run
+// past SENDERS_FULL_MAX — each sender's first word ("Alice Smith" -> "Alice", a
+// bare address -> its local part). The user's own accounts are always `me`.
 export function senderNames(
   senders: Address[],
   isMe: (a: Address) => boolean,
   me: string,
 ): string {
+  if (senders.length === 1) {
+    const [a] = senders;
+    const name = isMe(a) ? me : a.name || a.email;
+    return name.length > SINGLE_SENDER_MAX ? `${name.slice(0, SINGLE_SENDER_MAX - 1)}...` : name;
+  }
   const full = senders.map((a) => (isMe(a) ? me : a.name || a.email)).join(", ");
   if (full.length <= SENDERS_FULL_MAX) return full;
   return senders
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/senderNames.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/senderNames.test.ts
index 4d11ab5..b14725f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/senderNames.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/senderNames.test.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,15 @@ describe("senderNames", () => {
     );
     expect(out).toBe("Alice, me, Bob, carol.jones");
   });
+
+  it("cuts a lone sender past 22 characters to 21 plus three dots", () => {
+    expect(
+      senderNames([addr("Global Entertainment News", "n@x.com")], me, "me"),
+    ).toBe("Global Entertainment ...");
+    // exactly 22 stays whole
+    expect(
+      senderNames([addr("Twenty-two chars long!", "n@x.com")], me, "me"),
+    ).toBe("Twenty-two chars long!");
+    expect(senderNames([addr("", "me@example.com")], me, "me")).toBe("me");
+  });
 });