Thunderbird change outgoing email address

Compose a new email:

In the field 'To' I start typing an address. Thunderbird offers a drop-down matches of my address book. I select one of the addresses. Thunderbird puts in the field "to". At this point, my cursor is still in the field "to". Then I hit enter to move to the next field, & Thunderbird changed the email address to a different address (an address that is different from my address book).

If I add a space after the e-mail address before you press Enter, Thunderbird leave the email address as it is.

Behavior is somewhat random - address is not replaced all the time. In addition, for a while, Thunderbird will make a change - as always change address X to the address, then it will switch to another change - address Z always replacing address w.

The alternative address is always one that is in the address book.

Also, Thunderbird colors randomly a few e-mail addresses out in red, even if they are in my address book.

This is known and reported bug the developers are working on a fix critical. Please note that this bug only occurs if you are using TAB or ENTER.

Two options, but I recommend option 2.

1. if you use your mouse to select the email address and use the mouse to move to the next line then it does not.

2. suggest using this method. This method does not require using the TAB or ENTER keys, so will not produce the bug.

Write a new message.

  • Use the Contacts Sidebar
  • 'View' > 'Contacts sidebar' or toggle view using the f9 key.
  • Select address book only SELECT strung
  • Click on the button 'TO Addto' or other options.

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Tags: Thunderbird

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