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When I am drafting a new email, why doesn't the name automatically go in the "to" column when I am using addresses from my address book?

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When I am sending a new email and adding the names in the "to" box, why doesn't the email automatically fill in from my address book when I start typing the name of the person? Sometimes the first one will automatically go in, but the next ones don't. Do I have to do something different with those??

When I am sending a new email and adding the names in the "to" box, why doesn't the email automatically fill in from my address book when I start typing the name of the person? Sometimes the first one will automatically go in, but the next ones don't. Do I have to do something different with those??

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When in the Write window, F9.

Or in the menu in the Write window, View|Contacts Sidebar

Or you can add a button for it to the Write window's Toolbar.

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Do you hit return after the first one? Thunderbird's design requires one address per line to allow auto-completion to work.

Maybe you would like the Contacts Sidebar in the Write window, which lets you browse a list of your address book entries.

Do you have the autocomplete option ticked in Tools > Options > Composition > Addressing? Also, when you add the second address, are you trying to put it in the same 'to: ' field as the first -- i.e. two addresses separated by a comma?

I did not realize that you couldn't put more than one address on a line. That was my problem. THANKS!!

How do you get the Contacts sidebar??

தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது

When in the Write window, F9.

Or in the menu in the Write window, View|Contacts Sidebar

Or you can add a button for it to the Write window's Toolbar.