531548 - "Sender" and "From" fields should be multi-value fields

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)

Description

[Ken Seehart]

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At first glance this may seem absurd, but bear with me...

Example: If you are on an email list and someone sends a message to both the list and to you (as is often the case when they are replying to you), you will receive the same message twice.  The proposed improvement would be that these messages are merged into a single item with all of the senders listed in a merged header.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Send a message to two of your email aliases associated with the same mailbox.
2. Check your mail.
3. Be annoyed that there are two copies of the email.

Actual Results:  
duplicate messages

Expected Results:  
one message with multi-valued From and/or Sender fields

Comment 1

[Jim Porter (:squib)]

Don't most mailing lists have an option to avoid sending you a message if you're in the To: list?