528771 - Flag email name as already in addressbook

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 450724

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, enhancement)

Description

[richard pauli]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.23 (20090812)

Is an email address already in my address book?

Problem:   I often check whether a name is recorded in my address book -- bothered that it already is in there and I have wasted effort checking. 

Unspecified Solution:  I should see an indication whether an email address is already in my addressbook   (whitelist)

and I should be able to tell with a glance that an new email address is not yet in my addressbook

Possible solutions       
   Flag/mark Email addresses with font set as bold , italics, or  shaded.
          Or key command to reveal whether the address is registered.
          or Openning Addressbook might flag all names revealing those which are registered, those which are not.

Solution would saves lots of time, permit easier data management, saving the world. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Check whether you have an email address in the addressbook
2.   Open addressbook, 
3.    scan, search or scroll - or enter name in search
4.  if name is already there, then curse wetware memory for forgetting
5.  Send feature request to save time and mind. 


Expected Results:  
In a perfect app world I would see at a glance that the email address is new and then enter it.   



This would help with setup of white list.  Making it easier.

Comment 1

[rsx11m]

In Thunderbird 3.0 (release candidates upcoming), addresses which are already in the address book are marked with a yellow star.