227291 - Autocomplete fails if "quotes" surround Display Name in Address Book

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 168204

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[guanxi]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

When typing recipient names in the To/CC/BCC/etc field, Autocomplete fails find
the address if the Display Name in the Address Book is surrounded by quotes.



TO DUPLICATE

1.   Open the Address book, click New Card
2.   In the Display field, type:  "Jane User"  [INCLUDE THE QUOTES!]
3.   In Email field, type:        [e-mail]
4.   Click OK to save, and then close the address book

5.   In MainNews, click Compose
6.   In the To: field, start typing:  Jane
     Note: Autocomplete does not list "Jane User"
7.   In the To: field, start typing:   "Jane User"  [INCLUDE THE QUOTES!]
     Note: Autocomplete lists "Jane User"


EXPECTED RESULTS:
  Autocomplete lists "Jane User" as an option, whether or not you type the quotes.


ACTUAL RESULTS:
  Autocomplete does not list "Jane User" as an option, unless you type the quotes.



CAUSE:

Many e-mail addresses come in this format (including the quotes):
   "User Name" <[e-mail]>

They are automatically added to the Address Book, depending on your settings,
but are then useless for Autocomplete.  Furthermore, I think it will confuse and
frustrate many users, who will look at their address book and say: 'He's in
there, why doesn't Autocomplete work?'.


Note: To prevent confusion:  If the e-mail address and Display Name begin with
the same letters (e.g. "Jane User" and [e-mail]) then the procedure
above won't duplicate the error, because Autocomplete will find the e-mail address.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Dupe of bug 168204?

Comment 2

[guanxi]

Yup, dupe ... autocomplete belongs in the Composition component, which is why I
didn't find it, but I'll take that up over there.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 168204 ***