This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

Thunderbird is trying to send mail to a deleted contact in address book

  • 4 replies
  • 2 have this problem
  • 10 views
  • Last reply by Zenos

slrdave
slrdave
more options

I have been using different lists created in my address book with out any issues. I'm now finding that one address keeps getting bounced back as undeliverable, but when I go to delete it from the address book (list) it is not there.

David

I have been using different lists created in my address book with out any issues. I'm now finding that one address keeps getting bounced back as undeliverable, but when I go to delete it from the address book (list) it is not there. David

All Replies (4)

Zenos
Zenos
more options

Which address book did you look in?

Start a message. Address it to the expired address. Save the message as a draft. Open it in the Drafts folder. Select the addressee in the message header and you'll be invited to edit (or delete) the contact.

slrdave
slrdave Question owner
more options

I'm not sure what this is supposed to do. Typing in the addressee and then highlighting and deleting it only deletes it from the TO: field. When I try to bring up the addressee by using the autocomplete function of the address book, the name is not shown.

The address book I used is one I made for a specific group. It has it's own name and is under "All Address Book" in the address book pull down menu.

Modified by slrdave

Zenos
Zenos
more options

I'm perplexed.

If it's in a Mailing List then it must be in an address book. Mailing Lists are simply collections of Contacts, grouped together for your convenience. An entry in a Mailing List must associate with an entry in its parent address book. If you try to add a Contact directly to a Mailing List, a minimal Contact entry is created for you automatically in the parent address book.

So, if it appears in a sent message, it must have come from your Address Book.

I suspect it's entered as a secondary email address. These don't seem to appear in searches. I thought they did. :-(

Zenos
Zenos
more options

I think the MoreFunctionsForAddressBook may help you as it allows secondary email addresses to be offered for autocomplete. Then you can hunt it down as I suggested earlier.

https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/morecols-en.html

Write a new message to the offending address. Save the message as a Draft Open it in the Drafts folder In the message header pane, click on the address where it appears with a yellow star.