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email addresses are red in the TO field

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some email addresses are red in the TO field and they are in my address book. This does not affect all email address only some. They are all in the same folder. Why do they turn red? Using version 45 Thunderbird.

some email addresses are red in the TO field and they are in my address book. This does not affect all email address only some. They are all in the same folder. Why do they turn red? Using version 45 Thunderbird.

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This is a known problem. A fix went into TB 49 beta, see beta release notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/49.0beta/releasenotes/

For users of the release version, the fix will be available in TB 52, to be released in March.

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This is a known problem. A fix went into TB 49 beta, see beta release notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/49.0beta/releasenotes/

For users of the release version, the fix will be available in TB 52, to be released in March.