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Wrong address used in reply

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bhenshaw
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Usually when I reply to an email the correct address is used as the From: address in the reply. There is one situation where it isn't working as I would hope.

I subscribe to some newgroups. I send a message to the newsgroup using the email address of [email protected]. When someone replies to my email on the newsgroup, their reply comes to my [email protected] account and I use a filter to automatically put it in a subfolder of Local Folders. So far so good.

When I am reading this email in the subfolder of Local Folders and then click on Reply, it doesn't use [email protected] as the From: address, it insists on using [email protected] as the From: address. What is weird is that zzzzzz.com is a valid account in Thunderbird, but it isn't the one the email was sent to. It isn't even the account set as my default in Thunderbird.

Is there any way to get Thunderbird to use the address that the email was sent to in this situation as the From: address?

Thanks! Bill

Usually when I reply to an email the correct address is used as the From: address in the reply. There is one situation where it isn't working as I would hope. I subscribe to some newgroups. I send a message to the newsgroup using the email address of [email protected]. When someone replies to my email on the newsgroup, their reply comes to my [email protected] account and I use a filter to automatically put it in a subfolder of Local Folders. So far so good. When I am reading this email in the subfolder of Local Folders and then click on Reply, it doesn't use [email protected] as the From: address, it insists on using [email protected] as the From: address. What is weird is that zzzzzz.com is a valid account in Thunderbird, but it isn't the one the email was sent to. It isn't even the account set as my default in Thunderbird. Is there any way to get Thunderbird to use the address that the email was sent to in this situation as the From: address? Thanks! Bill

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Try this add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/folder-account/?src=api

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Zenos
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Chosen Solution

Try this add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/folder-account/?src=api

bhenshaw
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Zeno,

Thanks! I'll give this a try. Is it normal behavior for Thunderbird to use an email address other than the email address the email was sent to in this type of reply? This add-on may be a workaround, but it seems like there is a bug in Thunderbird.

Bill

Zenos
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You'd expect it to look at the To: address in a message when replying, and use that. (Question: What if the message was sent to two or more of your email addresses, all using To:? Which one should it select to reply from?)

I think it works tolerably well if messages are filed into folders within the relevant account. I think it is less successful when messages end up in Local Folders, or are moved into folders in other accounts. For instance, I keep messages between me and my sons in a gmail account, regardless of which of my accounts the messages were addressed to.

That it is a frequently-encountered problem seems to be confirmed by there having been several identity-management add-ons, e.g.

Correct Identity Identity Chooser Virtual Identity Folder Account Flexible Identity

bhenshaw
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Zenos,

Folder Account worked like a charm.

Thanks! Bill