287419 - address lookup works for new messages but not replies

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 282645

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail)]

I'm running Mozilla 1.8b
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050217

I have the plain text email composer selected by default (which may or may
not matter).

When I click the "Compose" button to compose a new message, and then type
the name of a correspondent, the mailnews composer finds that name in my 
local address book, and/or mydirectory server, and shows it to me.  
I only have to press enter to choose the email address shown.
That's good and expected.

Likewise, if I read an email and click "Forward" to forward it, and then 
type the name of a correspondent, the mail news composer finds that name
in my address book, etc.  Also good and expected.

But if I read an email and click Reply, then click in the address area
to add a new address, and type the name of a correspondent, it does not
lookup that name in the address book nor attempt a LDAP lookup on it. 
It just leaves me with a typed name that is not an email address.
That's bad and unexpected.

I think this is a regression in the 1.8 series.  I believe this worked 
properly in 1.7x

Desired result:  typing name in address box in reply looks up name, and
lets me choose the email address.
Actual result: typing name does not lookup, leaves typed name in address area.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Please check against a current build before reporting bugs.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 282645 ***