[MlMt] using Apple Contacts.app address book in MM message compose mode

[Randy Bush]

mac contacts are sorted by first name.  i have tried autocomple from
first and last names.  i could try sorting contacts by last name i
guess.

ahhhh.  still sorting by first name, if i try to automplete with last
name, i get better results.  the problem is that it is the last named
i tend to forget :)

randy

> the same version, latest MM v1.14 Test Build 5964 (running on a
> MBP2021 P1 Pro in MacOS 13.3.1 version):
> 1. The LAST NAME of the contact where the primary contact is a name
>    not a company. Last name must be used first so it depends on the
>    name sorting in use with Contacts, I suppose. The sorting selection
>    in my Contacts app is not coincidentally, by Last Name and always
>    has been. 2. In cases where the name entry of the Company is
>    primary (or no name exists, E.G., the name defaults to Company
>    name), first part of the name (even a few letters) is sufficient to
>    pull it up.
> 3. There is a choice of email addresses (scrollable listing) to select
>    in a dropdown, available in the case of multiple email addresses
>    within a found contact.
> 4. Not finding details on how this auto-selection of new email
>    addresses is supposed to work in MM’s Help>Compose or
>    Help>Preferences areas of the Help menu. Don’t know the intent of
>    MM as to whether this is a bug or not, whether it depends on
>    Sorting preferences in the Contact Menu settings or not. Feel free
>    to experiment and let us know. Contacts itself doesn’t work the
>    same way to search for a name. I typically use the last name or
>    reply to an existing message, which copied the sender into the To:
>    fields or all addressees in case of a reply all selection. My
>    choices may work around what you experience.
> 
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Henry Seiden
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> On 24 Apr 2023, at 13:05, Randy Bush wrote:
> 
> > latest ventura
> > mailmate Version 1.14 (5964)
> > 
> > message addressing does not seem to use my mac addrss book.  what am i
> > misunderstanding?
> > 
> > randy
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