307829 - updating email address

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[Harry Lieber]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

When I update a particular email address (i.e., someone I know has changed
his/her address) the change entered into the address book does not have effect
when I click on a name in the contact sidebar. In other words, if I click on a
name in the contact sidebar, or type in the person's name, the email still gets
sent to the old address, not the one I have entered into the address book.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter a new or an altered email address for a person already listed in the
address book. I.e., make a change to an email address in the address book.
2. Enter that person's name in the "TO" line on an email you plan to send, or
click on that person's name in the contact sidebar.
3. Note that the email that shows up on the "TO" line is the original address.

Actual Results:  
The error has occurred every time I have tried to send emails to people whose
email addresses have changed. In order to send an email to the proper (new)
address, I have to:

1. Go to the address book
2. Find the name of the person to whom I'm writing
3. Click on "PROPERTIES"
4. Highlight the new address and copy it
5. Paste the new address on the "TO" line of the email that is being composed.

Expected Results:  
As soon as a change is made in the address book, that change should be effective.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Sorry, can't reproduce.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050910 Thunderbird/1.4
ID:2005091005 

Comment 2

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Sorry, can't reproduce.
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050910 Thunderbird/1.4
> ID:2005091005 

I also can't reproduce:
version 1.6a1 (20051124)

-> WFM.

Reporter, please try the latest version and try again. My only thought is that you may have duplicate entries in your address book and it is picking up the wrong one.

I'm closing this for now, but if you can reproduce on the latest version please feel free to reopen: BUT you must supply the version number you are using, and possibly a more detailed test case.

Thanks.