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Thunderbird Quick Filter and Search is not searching Bcc: line?

spacemanspiff
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I have an email that I sent from Thunderbird and I included an email address in the Bcc: line of the email. When I use the quick filter or search and use the email address that was included in the Bcc: line nothing shows up in Global Search results. If I use the quick filter to search just my sent folder it doesn't work either. I can see the email in the sent folder but the email address on the Bcc: line doesn't pull it up at all.

Is this a bug? Or is something corrupt/broken in my Thunderbird. I'm on 60.5.2 version.

I have an email that I sent from Thunderbird and I included an email address in the Bcc: line of the email. When I use the quick filter or search and use the email address that was included in the Bcc: line nothing shows up in Global Search results. If I use the quick filter to search just my sent folder it doesn't work either. I can see the email in the sent folder but the email address on the Bcc: line doesn't pull it up at all. Is this a bug? Or is something corrupt/broken in my Thunderbird. I'm on 60.5.2 version.

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Matt
Matt
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You can see he email, does the BCC address even appear in the mail in the sent folder. some providers, gmail in particular strip that information from sent emails.

spacemanspiff
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Yes, the Bcc is showing in the email in the sent folder. The email was drafted and sent from Thunderbird so it's not even a question of gmail stripping the Bcc address.

Thunderbird is unable to search the Bcc field on Thunderbird generated emails it appears.