[HLUG] Thunderbird address books

[Alex Mace]

Paul,

I have deliberately kept quiet on this list because you've bitten my  
head off about Google Apps before. As I'm keeping my trap shut about  
it, I'd appreciate it if you did the same.

Alex.

On 17 Jun 2009, at 16:49, Paul Stenning wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Any Thunderbird experts there?
>
> A friend is using Thunderbird to manage email for several different
> accounts which are for different clients.  He is using the facility to
> collect email addresses of everyone he emails to the address book, and
> needs to keep these client lists separate.  However Thunderbird does  
> not
> seem to have any options for setting which address book contacts are
> added to on a per-account basis.  You can only set it up in Options  
> and
> choose an address book that they all go into.
>
> We will probably have to set up different profiles for each client but
> that is a bit of a pain as he will have to keep closing and reopening
> Thunderbird to switch between profiles.
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to have the collected addresses
> sorted automatically depending on which email account they come in
> through?  Manual dragging/dropping to the right place is not an  
> option.
>
> Failing that is there another good free (open source) email client for
> Windows (Vista) that will work how he wants and will support IMAP and
> POP3 email?
>
> Ohh, and before someone suggests it (as seems to happen whenever email
> is discussed), Google Mail is NOT AN OPTION.
>
> Thanks!
> Paul
>
>
> PS - it is looking like I may not be able to attend the meeting  
> tonight
> now as some urgent work issues have cropped up :(
>
>
> -- 
>
> Best regards,
> Paul Stenning
>
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