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Why are addresses that are in my Address Book showing up in red when I create a new e-mail?

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It doesn't happen with all of them, and it doesn't happen each time I enter one person's address. Sometimes, the address is in black, sometimes in red. If I delete the prefilled address and start again, it keeps happening.

It doesn't happen with all of them, and it doesn't happen each time I enter one person's address. Sometimes, the address is in black, sometimes in red. If I delete the prefilled address and start again, it keeps happening.

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Autofill is buggy right now. This and other related issues should be fixed in upcoming versions of Thunderbird.

They have modified the search to work in a "contains" mode rather than the "begins with" mode it has used previously. I suspect this change has broken the matching mechanism that controls the red/black colouring.

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Autofill is buggy right now. This and other related issues should be fixed in upcoming versions of Thunderbird.

They have modified the search to work in a "contains" mode rather than the "begins with" mode it has used previously. I suspect this change has broken the matching mechanism that controls the red/black colouring.

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Thank you for the quick reply! Any idea when the rollout of the new version will be? And is this related to the problems I'm experiencing with Firefox as well?

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For crissake, JUST GIVE A QUICK AND DIRTY SOLUTION NOW DAMMIT.

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A possible workaround is suggested here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1012002

Why are you so angry about this? It doesn't interfere with sending, and the addresses came from your Address Book, right? So you know they are correct.

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Zenos, just received anto-generated email with your comment, but just wanted you to know the last comment wasn't posted by me. I'm no longer having the issue. But I agree: Whoever posted that comment needs to chill...