1201043 - Multiple Accounts - If pressing on "Write", Thunderbird should bring a popup to ask the user which account he wants to send the email with.

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[cyborgx1]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0
Build ID: 20150826185918

Steps to reproduce:

Pressed writing email


Actual results:

Wrote mail with the wrong account again (afaik the one currently selected in the folder view.)


Expected results:

Thunderbird should show a Email account selection dialog, if multiple accounts are present.
(I really often do not think of it, to set the right account, this would be really helpful I think)

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Thanks cyborgx1. Interesting idea, has happened to me also.

We would not want to force that choice on everyone; users who deliberately start out from the right account will not want to be asked.

But it could be realized in a dropdown part of the Write button (if we make it a dual button type=menu-button). That dropdown menu could also have a checkbox at the top: [ ] Always ask me.

We could also start off by adding just a hidden pref for [ ] Always ask me (which account to use from Write button). Even with that pref set to true, we probably wouldn't want to ask when composing replies and forwards (or would we?); we currently try intelligent guesses which according to bugs are also failing quite often.

It will not be a priority, so your best bet is to code this yourself or find someone... :)
Could also be realized nicely in an addon.

Comment 2

[:aceman]

The same dropdown is actually in the From field in the compose window. So if you want to always choose the account before composing, you can make a habit of always reviewing the From field before starting writing.