The sorting of Mac contacts is a selectable option: it's configurable in Settings > General in the Contacts app's preferences.
Note that I have previously posted on oddities with completion -- cases where an address is not found by completion from first name, but only from last name. I have not been able to determine what dictates whether this will happen for a particular name and address. On 25 Apr 2023, at 15:47, Randy Bush wrote: > mac contacts are sorted by first name. i have tried autocomple from > first and last names. i could try sorting contacts by last name i > guess. > > ahhhh. still sorting by first name, if i try to automplete with last > name, i get better results. the problem is that it is the last named > i tend to forget :) > > randy > >> the same version, latest MM v1.14 Test Build 5964 (running on a >> MBP2021 P1 Pro in MacOS 13.3.1 version): >> 1. The LAST NAME of the contact where the primary contact is a name >> not a company. Last name must be used first so it depends on the >> name sorting in use with Contacts, I suppose. The sorting selection >> in my Contacts app is not coincidentally, by Last Name and always >> has been. 2. In cases where the name entry of the Company is >> primary (or no name exists, E.G., the name defaults to Company >> name), first part of the name (even a few letters) is sufficient to >> pull it up. >> 3. There is a choice of email addresses (scrollable listing) to select >> in a dropdown, available in the case of multiple email addresses >> within a found contact. >> 4. Not finding details on how this auto-selection of new email >> addresses is supposed to work in MM’s Help>Compose or >> Help>Preferences areas of the Help menu. Don’t know the intent of >> MM as to whether this is a bug or not, whether it depends on >> Sorting preferences in the Contact Menu settings or not. Feel free >> to experiment and let us know. Contacts itself doesn’t work the >> same way to search for a name. I typically use the last name or >> reply to an existing message, which copied the sender into the To: >> fields or all addressees in case of a reply all selection. My >> choices may work around what you experience. >> >> >> Respectfully, >> >> Henry Seiden >> - - >> Techworks Pro Co. >> E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com >> W: http://techworkspro.com >> >> On 24 Apr 2023, at 13:05, Randy Bush wrote: >> >>> latest ventura >>> mailmate Version 1.14 (5964) >>> >>> message addressing does not seem to use my mac addrss book. what am i >>> misunderstanding? >>> >>> randy >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> mailmate@lists.freron.com >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >> [1.2 <text/html; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>] >> [2 <text/plain; utf-8 (base64)>] >> _______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> mailmate@lists.freron.com >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
