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when i type in the initial letters of an address to send an email, thunderbird is no longer retrieving the address from my address book.

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radhe.rohr replied
radhe.rohr
radhe.rohr

a power shortage messed up my computer and i had to re-install thunderbird. now when i type in the initial letters of an address that is in my address book, thunderbird no longer completes the address.

a power shortage messed up my computer and i had to re-install thunderbird. now when i type in the initial letters of an address that is in my address book, thunderbird no longer completes the address.

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david
david
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One option while in compose window is to press the F9 key to display the addressbook. You can select recipients that way. It is also a way to see if your addressbook is still populated. Depending on how you reinstalled, there is the possibility that the addressbook is not there.

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