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Thunderbird Address book, NO MORE search in NOTES field

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ulikunz
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Hi there, when searching for people in my address book, I mostly use the field "notes", that allows me to tag my contacts with additional information. When I go to "search address", the option to search for words in that field is no longer available when I click on the pull-down menu on the left side of the window. Is that a bug or was that option removed from a newer version of Thunderbird?

Thanks so much,

uli

Hi there, when searching for people in my address book, I mostly use the field "notes", that allows me to tag my contacts with additional information. When I go to "search address", the option to search for words in that field is no longer available when I click on the pull-down menu on the left side of the window. Is that a bug or was that option removed from a newer version of Thunderbird? Thanks so much, uli

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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The option to search Notes, from either Edit/Find/Search Addresses or the Address Book search box, is provided by the MoreFunctionsForAddressBook add-on. To make the add-on work in TB 60, open Tools/Options/Advanced/General/Config. editor and double-click the preference extensions.strictCompatibility to false, OK to close Options. After a TB restart, MFFAB will be available (may need to be enabled).