On 20-04-2008 21:40 CET, Greenwich CU composed this enchanting statement:
> ...hi,
>
> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to
> add a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>
> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is this
> a common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that my list
> of contacts has been imported from gmail?
>
> Many thanks
>
Hm, ... did you select an address from the list, before the button 'Add
to TO:' was clicked? =-O

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Kind regards,
Melchert

(MacOS 10.3.9 / Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird 2.0)

On 20.04.2008 21:40, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich CU
to generate the following:? :
> ...hi,
>
> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to add
> a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>
> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is this a
> common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that my list of
> contacts has been imported from gmail?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Sam
>


try a double-click on the address - that brings it into the "To:" field

reg

squaredancer wrote:
> On 20.04.2008 21:40, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich CU
> to generate the following:? :
>> ...hi,
>>
>> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to
>> add a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>>
>> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is this
>> a common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that my list
>> of contacts has been imported from gmail?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Sam
>>
>
>
> try a double-click on the address - that brings it into the "To:" field
>
> reg

unfortunately, that doesn't work either

do i need all my contacts in my personal address book, or is it ok to
have them in the one that gmail automatically creates when you
import/export?

On 4/20/2008 6:39 PM, Greenwich CU wrote:
> squaredancer wrote:
>> On 20.04.2008 21:40, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich CU
>> to generate the following:? :
>>> ...hi,
>>>
>>> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to
>>> add a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>>>
>>> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is
>>> this a common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that my
>>> list of contacts has been imported from gmail?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>
>>
>> try a double-click on the address - that brings it into the "To:" field
>>
>> reg
>
> unfortunately, that doesn't work either
>
> do i need all my contacts in my personal address book, or is it ok to
> have them in the one that gmail automatically creates when you
> import/export?
Check your settings under tools>options>composition>addressing. There
is an opting there for checking addresses on a server as well as local
addressbooks.
Dave Pyles

On 21.04.2008 00:39, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich CU
to generate the following:? :
> squaredancer wrote:
>
>> On 20.04.2008 21:40, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich CU
>> to generate the following:? :
>>
>>> ...hi,
>>>
>>> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to
>>> add a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>>>
>>> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is this
>>> a common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that my list
>>> of contacts has been imported from gmail?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>> try a double-click on the address - that brings it into the "To:" field
>>
>> reg
>>
>
> unfortunately, that doesn't work either
>
> do i need all my contacts in my personal address book, or is it ok to
> have them in the one that gmail automatically creates when you
> import/export?
>

as I don't use gmail, afraid I can't answer that one!

reg

On 21.04.2008 03:18, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David Pyles to
generate the following:? :
> On 4/20/2008 6:39 PM, Greenwich CU wrote:
>
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>> On 20.04.2008 21:40, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich CU
>>> to generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>> ...hi,
>>>>
>>>> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to
>>>> add a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>>>>
>>>> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is
>>>> this a common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that my
>>>> list of contacts has been imported from gmail?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>>>
>>> try a double-click on the address - that brings it into the "To:" field
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>> unfortunately, that doesn't work either
>>
>> do i need all my contacts in my personal address book, or is it ok to
>> have them in the one that gmail automatically creates when you
>> import/export?
>>
> Check your settings under tools>options>composition>addressing. There
> is an opting there for checking addresses on a server as well as local
> addressbooks.
> Dave Pyles
>

good catch, David!
I had seen that a long time ago but, as I dan't use server-based
addresses, I had forgotten it completely!

reg

squaredancer wrote:
> On 21.04.2008 00:39, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich CU
> to generate the following:? :
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>> On 20.04.2008 21:40, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Greenwich
>>> CU to generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>> ...hi,
>>>>
>>>> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to
>>>> add a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>>>>
>>>> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is
>>>> this a common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that
>>>> my list of contacts has been imported from gmail?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>> try a double-click on the address - that brings it into the "To:" field
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>>
>> unfortunately, that doesn't work either
>>
>> do i need all my contacts in my personal address book, or is it ok to
>> have them in the one that gmail automatically creates when you
>> import/export?
>>
>
> as I don't use gmail, afraid I can't answer that one!
>
> reg



all sorted! - took a bit of effort but got the required result!

thanks for your help!

Greenwich CU wrote:
> ...hi,
>
> when sending a message, i click the button that says 'Add to To:' to add
> a contact to the 'To' field, but nothing seems to ever happen...
>
> ...this has left me having to type out the addresses manually. Is this a
> common problem, and is it anything to do with the fact that my list of
> contacts has been imported from gmail?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Sam
Are you sure that you are highlighting the name you want to "Add to"
first? I hope that helps!