95631 - [RFE] Autocomplete could supply domain options after "@" in an unknown e-mail address

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Composition, enhancement)

Description

[Shawn Neumann]

When I enter an e-mail address, the autocomplete give options for the entire
address as it should.  When I enter an unknown address, nothing is supplied
since there are no options for the autocomplete to draw from.

However, I was thinking that it would be nice to have the autocomplete widget
supply domain name options once the user had typed th "@" sign.  This would
allow for much quicker entries of e-mail addresses for unknown users on known
domains.

Comment 1

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

adding mailnews UE guru. setting bug status to new. 

Comment 2

[Ninoschka Baca]

Branch build 2001-09-19-04: WinMe
If I type some text (user1) and pause it adds "@netscape.com" and highlights
"@netscape.com". If I press Enter then I am accepting this domain and it
displays "[e-mail]" so it appears to be working as you describe. Can
you try a recent build?

Comment 3

[Shawn Neumann]

Thanks for the feedback.  I'm using 2001091903.

The functionality I'm looking for is a bit different than your are describing
and of what is currently implemented. It would work like this:

1. I would type user1@
2. As soon as I entered the @ character a new autocomplete function would kick in.
3. If I now typed "n" it would give me the autocomplete dropdown with:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

4. If I now entered "o" after the "n" it would change the list to:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
5. ...and continue on as a the autocomplete widget usually does.

What the current autocomplete provides is only YOUR domain as a autocomplete
option.  This would provide all known address domains as autocomplete options. 
As I mentioned eariler this would result in quickly being able to enter
addresses for unknown users on known domains.

Comment 4

[Ninoschka Baca]

Thanks for the detailed clarification. I agree that it would be a valuable feature.

Comment 5

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

*** Bug 136577 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

*** Bug 200804 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

->WONTFIX. There is no way it wouldn't be confusing if we blindly guessed domains. (Also those would hardly ever match the real address.)