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when entering an address in the To for an email to send, how do I set Thunderbird up to search my address book by the name instead of by the email address

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I just started using Thunderbird and believe I have my address book set up right, but when I want to compose an email to send out and start typing in the "to' field, it searches my contact list by the email address instead of by their name - I want to search by their name, because I don't have all the email addresses memorized so can't know if it is grabbing the right one without the name being shown to me. PLUS once I do select from the addresses offered, it displays it in the 'To' by the email address and not by their name - which i would also prefer their name to show there too.

I just started using Thunderbird and believe I have my address book set up right, but when I want to compose an email to send out and start typing in the "to' field, it searches my contact list by the email address instead of by their name - I want to search by their name, because I don't have all the email addresses memorized so can't know if it is grabbing the right one without the name being shown to me. PLUS once I do select from the addresses offered, it displays it in the 'To' by the email address and not by their name - which i would also prefer their name to show there too.

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This is a duplicate question of one already posted and responded. Please keep all reponses in other question to avoid confusion and loss of continuity. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1269848

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This is a duplicate question of one already posted and responded. Please keep all reponses in other question to avoid confusion and loss of continuity. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1269848