Just sent an email to the wrong person due to this bug. Here's the situation:
I have the following two people in my Personal Address Book: First: Zhichao Last: Zhang Display: Jack Zhang Nickname: Jack Email: [email protected] First: Jack Last: Lastname2 Display: Lastname2, Jack Nickname: (blank) Email: [email protected] My email address is [email protected] (same company as first Jack) I occasionally send email to Jack from Company 2, but (obviously since I've added a nickname for Jack number 1) when I type "Jack" in the To: field, I want email to go to the Jack in my own company. As you can see, he has taken an American name (Jack) to go by instead of his real name (Zhichao). Well, when I type "Jack" in the To: field, Thunderbird only gives me one option, Jack from Company 2! If I want to send email to Jack #1 I have to type "zh" and select his name from the multiple choices, or type "zzc" and his email is the only choice. It seems Thunderbird completely ignores the nickname, as it doesn't even offer Jack Zhang. Ok, further testing reveals if I type slowly ("Jac", then wait) both Jacks are provided as options. If I then further type the "k", both Jacks remain as options for me to choose from. I would like AT A MINIMUM for both Jacks to be options if I type "Jack" quickly, and of course I agree with everyone above that Jack Zhang should be the first option when typing "Jack". -- 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<[email protected]>. The other is James<[email protected]>. Both are in my address book with Mark entered as the nickname of [email protected] and James as nickname for [email protected]. 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 [email protected] Reason it is needed: I am trying to avoid sending emails meant for [email protected] 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
