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Thunderbird appears to have lost link to Contacts list

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My Thunderbird app does not pick up email addresses from my Thunderbird Contacts when I type a first name or surname into the "To" line for a new email. Up till yesterday it worked fine. Today it does not. I'm using Thunderbird to access my Gmail email account. I have the latest Thunderbird upgrade: 102.10.0 (64 bit) on my MacBook Air since it came out 12 April 2023. Can anyone help me to restore proper operation, please? From Michael

My Thunderbird app does not pick up email addresses from my Thunderbird Contacts when I type a first name or surname into the "To" line for a new email. Up till yesterday it worked fine. Today it does not. I'm using Thunderbird to access my Gmail email account. I have the latest Thunderbird upgrade: 102.10.0 (64 bit) on my MacBook Air since it came out 12 April 2023. Can anyone help me to restore proper operation, please? From Michael

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I discovered that the answer to my problem was to open Thunderbird/Settings/Composition/Addressing and then tick Use local address books. That has now restored the autocomplete facility. Michael

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I discovered that the answer to my problem was to open Thunderbird/Settings/Composition/Addressing and then tick Use local address books. That has now restored the autocomplete facility. Michael