(In reply to Deven Corzine from comment #43) > This worked in Thunderbird 2, which means it's a regression bug, not an
Fwiw, notwithstanding the annoyingness of this bug, it is NOT a regression. I just tested this on TB version 2.0.0.24 (20100228), and nicks do NOT get absolute precedence in composition's recipient autocomplete (but it's easy to get fooled into thinking they do). I tested with this scenario (basically): Card1: firstname: n1n email: a...@asdf.com nick: n2n Card2: firstname: foo email: a...@asdf.com nick: n1n STR 1 compose new msg 2 in TO recipient field, type "n1n" Actual Result: - card 1 is at top of autocomplete list - ... Expected Result: - card 2 having fullstring match of nick should be at top of autocomplete list -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956618 Title: Nickname not over-riding names in email address Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: From what I have read in the support forum the nickname should take priority in the search for an email address in the to: field. It does not appear to work any more. Example: One friend's address is Mark<m...@yyyy.com>. The other is James<james.m...@xxxx.com>. Both are in my address book with Mark entered as the nickname of m...@yyyy.com and James as nickname for james.m...@xxxx.com. If I type james in the To: field I get james.mark as a first entry in the list of available addresses. If I type mark I get the same address again, when I would prefer the first optional address to be m...@yyyy.com Reason it is needed: I am trying to avoid sending emails meant for m...@yyyy.com to James.mark because I do not notice in time that I have defaulted to the first entry in the list of available addresses. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: thunderbird 10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.29-generic-pae 3.0.20 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 BuildID: 20120216123548 Date: Fri Mar 16 00:31:06 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/956618/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp