Closed Bug 547671 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Address auto-complete gives incorrect order, not based on frequency after upgrading from Thunderbird 2 to Thunderbird 3 (autocomplete)

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 497722

People

(Reporter: panther, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Thunderbird/3.0.1

Bug 497722 claims to have fixed a problem with randomness which I have not observed. I have observed a consistent ordering of the email addresses which is not based on frequency. The email addresses I use every day are no longer at the top.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade from Thunderbird V2.x to V3.0.x
2. Select Write to start entering a new email
3. Type a few letters of intended recipient in the To: field
Actual Results:  
Some email address is chosen that is not the most frequently used.

Expected Results:  
The email address selected in V3 should be the same email address as in V2.

This is very dangerous as it could lead to sending emails to unintended recipients based on habits from using V2.

At a minimum a function to reset the sort order should be added.
Exactly which version of Thunderbird 3 are you using?

(In reply to comment #0)
> Build Identifier: Thunderbird/3.0.1

If you are using 3.0.1 this bug is invalid. Bug 497722 has only been fixed in 3.0.2 and later.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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