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Can not delete a contact email address or change a contact email address

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prairieboy44
prairieboy44

how can I delete a contact email address or change a contact email address

how can I delete a contact email address or change a contact email address

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Matt
Matt
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I see you are using a mac. Would the contact be in the read only mac address book?

prairieboy44
prairieboy44 Question owner

Matt said

I see you are using a mac. Would the contact be in the read only mac address book?

the actual thunderbird address book is the one where I can not delete any contacts

prairieboy44
prairieboy44 Question owner

yes and they are all in the mac folders address book -- the other mail addresses have almost nothing in them

Matt
Matt
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The mac folder is read only. Thunderbird has never had write access to them. IF you want full control copy the contact to a "thunderbird" address book and delete from the mac addressbook.