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"Automatically add outgoing email addresses to my:" - Adding to the wrong/multiple Address Books

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I appreciate the functionality of adding outgoing email addresses to an address book. It makes it easier to auto populate in the future when drafting emails.

I have completed the very simple steps to select the box to add outgoing email address to my "Collected Addresses" book.

However, I have noticed that the system will add the outgoing email address to BOTH my "Collected Addresses" and "Gmail Contacts".

While I want the email address as "Collected", I do not necessarily want as part of my "Gmail" contacts.

Is this a setting or a bug?

Thanks

115.7.0 (64-bit) - Mac - February 2024

I appreciate the functionality of adding outgoing email addresses to an address book. It makes it easier to auto populate in the future when drafting emails. I have completed the very simple steps to select the box to add outgoing email address to my "Collected Addresses" book. However, I have noticed that the system will add the outgoing email address to BOTH my "Collected Addresses" and "Gmail Contacts". While I want the email address as "Collected", I do not necessarily want as part of my "Gmail" contacts. Is this a setting or a bug? Thanks 115.7.0 (64-bit) - Mac - February 2024
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Thanks for the help. I actually had to go 1 step further.

Mail - Settings - General

Near the bottom:

Create contacts for auto-complete:

Change to: I'll add contacts myself.

This seemed to do the trick for Thunderbird.

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Matt
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You are talking about two separate things. Thunderbird adding you contact to collected addresses and Google being their ever helpful self and also adding the address somewhere else. See https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7345608?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Csave-contact-info-when-you-interact-with-people

jmfco
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Saafara yiñ Tànn

Thanks for the help. I actually had to go 1 step further.

Mail - Settings - General

Near the bottom:

Create contacts for auto-complete:

Change to: I'll add contacts myself.

This seemed to do the trick for Thunderbird.