281796 - thunderbird puts two names in the to: field

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 261272

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Misty]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: version 1.0 (20041206)

When typing something in the "to:\" field, if you hit the "Enter" key before 
the list of suggestions comes up (the drop-down that suggests names from your 
address book), 2 names will load into the to:\ field instead of just 1.  The 
email will be sent to both people.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a new compose message.
2. Type a partial name in the to:\ field. (You may need to make sure you have 
at least 2 names in the address book that contain what you type - i.e. if you 
have a Mike & a Michele in your address book, type "Mi")
3. Hit the enter key before Thunderbird loads the names into the drop-down 
list.

Actual Results:  
Two entries will appear in the to:\ field (in my example, both Mike & Michelle 
would appear in the to:\ field & the email would go to both of them)
It appears in this format:
Mike <[e-mail]> >> "Michelle" <[e-mail]>

Expected Results:  
Only one name should appear in the to:\ field.  We use Thunderbird at work & 
everyone has just noticed this bug since we upgraded to version 1.0.  This is 
a bit frustrating.  We have employees who have sent out confidential 
information, not realizing that it went to 2 people instead of just the 
intended person.  We are using an LDAP as well as personal address books, so 
sometimes the names list takes a few seconds to pop up.

Comment 1

[Misty]

Let me know if I need to report this as a different bug, but today we found 
another weird thing with the to: field.

1. Type a name in the to: field & hit "enter"
2. Delete that line (as if you changed your mind about who to send it to)
3. Type a different 1st name (one that's in your address book) & hit enter 
before it has time to search names

Results: Thunderbird puts the 1st name you typed (in step 1) in the to: field 
instead of the 2nd name.

We never noticed any of this stuff until we converted to 1.0.

Comment 2

[Misty]

In further testing, we have noticed that this bug only occurs when you type a 
name that appears both in a personal address book AND an ldap address book.  
For example, if I type "mi" & hit my enter key really fast, it pulls in a name 
from my personal address book & to the right of that puts one from my ldap.  
If I start typing a name that is not in my personal address book & hit enter 
before the list loads, it does not pull in 2 names (it only pulls one name 
from the ldap).

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

I think the problem in comment 1 is bug 271439.

The symptom in the original report -- two *different* names on the line -- is 
not exactly seen in the dupe, but my sense is that these are the same problem 
with slightly different manifestations.  I'll copy the specifics over to that 
bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 261272 ***

Comment 4

[Misty]

I don't believe this bug is the same as bug #261272. That bug is something we 
experienced with version .8 & are no longer experiencing since upgrading.

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

OK, reopening.

Comment 6

[David :Bienvenu]

I think this is a dup - I have a patch in bug 261272. Once that's checked in,
folks can download the next nightly build and tell me which bug(s) is/are fixed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 261272 ***