TBird 45 mangling To: names from abook if # selected >1

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Johnny_Rico
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TBird 45 mangling To: names from abook if # selected >1

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After selecting multiple names to include in a message from the address book, and dragging the list to the To: field when writing messages, they are getting mangled in a mix of name/address strings. Never deletes second+ name/account from first To: field after splitting them.

Such as
1. Selected these five contacts from address book simultaneously
Name Email
BioMed Central bmc30368_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com
BioMed Central bmc30390_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com
BioMed Central bmc30443_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com
BioMed Central bmc30454_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com
BioMed Central bmc30471_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com
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2. Drug that group over to the To: field of a message I was writing with no fields filled in yet
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3. First To: field shows all five names/emails separated by commas in red
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4. Next it creates four more To: fields in red text and fills them with last four addresses
Looks like this in red all of a sudden
To: BioMed CBioMed Central <bmc30368_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>,BioMed Central <bmc30390_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>,BioMed Central <bmc30443_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>,BioMed Central <bmc30454_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>,BioMed Central <bmc30471_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>entral <bmc30368_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>
To:BioMed Central <bmc30390_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>
To:BioMed Central <bmc30443_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>
To:BioMed Central <bmc30454_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>
To:BioMed Central <bmc30471_1_addresses-reply@news.springer.com>
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(I have two screenshots showing above from the windows on-screen. I'll add URLs to them if I can get GoogleDrive to let me get a link or suchlike to the files I sent it)
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Any way to have it only leave the first name/address in the first To: field so I don't have to go in and manually delete all but first contact each time?

Thanks.
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Re: TBird 45 mangling To: names from abook if # selected >1

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Moving to Thunderbird Support...
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