Re: Thunderbird Addressing

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent!!  Thanks Scott!!

Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC


On 6/1/2010 11:52 AM, Scott Klement wrote:
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> Hi Jerry,
>
> You don't need an add-on.
>
>   From within a compose window, click View->Toolbars->Customize.  Drag
> the "Contacts" icon to your thunderbird toolbar. Now you will have a
> contacts icon..  just click that, and a side bar will open up where you
> can select contacts.
>
>
> On 6/1/2010 9:30 AM, Jerry Adams wrote:
>    
> > Hmmm...  I'm at work right now, but since I downloaded the latest (3.0.4), looks like I may have to keep searching.  Won't have a chance until this weekend - if then, Jim.
> >
> > Jerry C. Adams
> > IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > --
> > B&W Wholesale
> > office: 615-995-7024
> > email:  jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided. -Casey Stengel
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:04 AM
> > To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Thunderbird Addressing
> >
> > Have you found a sidebar that works with Thunderbird 3.0.4?
> >
> > It looks cool but would not install.
> >
> > Jim Oberholtzer
> > CEO/Chief Technical Architect
> > Agile Technology Architects, LLC
> >
> >
> > On 6/1/2010 8:34 AM, Jerry Adams wrote:
> >      
> > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*
> > > Peter,
> > >
> > > Thanks.  I tried scrolling through the add-ons; guess I got dizzy from so many before I reached the right one - or my eyes glazed over.  Add-ons are one of the pluses to both Firefox and Thunderbird.
> > >
> > > Jerry C. Adams
> > > IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > > --
> > > B&W Wholesale
> > > office: 615-995-7024
> > > email:  jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Most baseball games are lost, not won. -Casey Stengel
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Colpaert, Peter
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 12:25 AM
> > > To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> > > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Thunderbird Addressing
> > >
> > > Jerry,
> > >
> > > I installed the Contacts Sidebar extension
> > >
> > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/70/
> > >
> > > It will give you a list of all contacts next to the email you're composing, with "To", "CC" and "BCC" buttons to add them.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Peter Colpaert
> > > Software Engineer - PLM Development Team
> > > Philips Consumer Luminaires
> > > Tel: (+32) 3/459 13 17
> > > Fax: (+32) 3/450 74 33
> > > Address: Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
> > > Email: Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> > >        
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> > > > Sent: maandag 31 mei 2010 21:55
> > > > To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> > > > Subject: [PCTECH] Thunderbird Addressing
> > > >
> > > > Last week or so we were talking about my issues with Outlook Express no
> > > > longer running on my home PC.  I took the advice of several here and
> > > > downloaded Thunderbird.  I had actually used to 2-3 years ago before we
> > > > went to an Exchange server for Outlook here at work.  So I thought I
> > > > would have an easy transition.
> > > >
> > > > Actually the conversion wasn't too bad.  In the Address book it dropped
> > > > a few names and didn't maintain my groups as I had them defined in OE.
> > > > It did (it seems so far) convert all of my OE mail folders, which was
> > > > the major concern that I had.
> > > >
> > > > The biggest usage problem that I am having right now is addressing
> > > > emails.  TBird is, like most email clients, pretty good at finding
> > > > possible addresses as one types.  However, I'm used to clicking the
> > > > TO:, CC:, or BCC: buttons and giving the address book display and from
> > > > there selecting a group (if I don't want the general list) and then
> > > > picking the individual addresses to whom I want to send the message.
> > > > When I click the TO: button in TBird, all I get is the option to change
> > > > it to CC: or whatever.  I have not found any way to retrieve the
> > > > address(es) from the address book.
> > > >
> > > > Now I did find in TBird's address book a Write option, but as far as
> > > > I'm been able to find it always addresses the selections as TO:  I do
> > > > work from several organizations (class, church, etc.) and most of the
> > > > people prefer that their addresses not be shared so I always use the
> > > > BCC: option - at least I did in the past.  Some of my
> > > >
> > > > Is there any way to use the address book as a list interface when
> > > > addressing an email in TBird?  I checked settings, and every button on
> > > > the menu bar.  Nothing seemed to point to that feature/ability.  I even
> > > > googled on TBird and none of the tutorials or KB's even mentioned this
> > > > as a possibility.  Like I said, it's been over 2 years since I last
> > > > used it, but I was awfully sure that I had done this in TBird before.
> > > >
> > > > Jerry C. Adams
> > > >
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