In the current implementation, there is no reason for a user to create multiple address books. Other than visually grouping cards together, an address book has no purpose and having more than one address book provides no advantages. Adding the ability to auto create a filter based on inclusion in the address book can make having multiple address books advantageous because each address book has a purpose. This could be implemented in a very user-friendly way by adding a toolbar at the top of the address book that presents the "Perform this action" section of the filter creation dialog: +---------------------------------------------------- | For Messages from addresses in this book: | [Main Action......[v]] [Sub Action......[v]] +---------------------------------------------------- where Main Action could be "Move to Folder", "Delete", "Label", or etc. and Sub Action would change to accommodate Main Action (Folder list, label list, or etc.) The appropriate filter could then be auto generated. See Bug 71413 - comments 15 and above for background info

If I understand your proposal correctly, this would create one filter for each person who is in the address book at the moment that you do the auto-create. I would prefer a filter condition "sender is in <specified> address book". For example, if sender is in Friends address book move message to Friends folder Then, if I made a new friend, I would only have to add my new pal to the Friends address book and their messages would get put into the Friends folder without me having to do anything more. Eudora has a filter condition "intersects nickname" (=is in "group alias"/ "personal distribution list") that I use *all* the time. Unfortunately, when someone new comes along, I have to not only add them to the right address book but also add them to the right group alias. Pain in butt. Outlook 2002 has exactly this filter condition, and it's niiiiice.

>I would prefer a filter condition "sender is in <specified> address book". >For example, > if sender is in Friends address book > move message to Friends folder" My proposal is exactly the feature you described: One filter that acts upon any address that is within the address book. (Preferably, the filter would match against the primary and additional email addresses of each card.) >Then, if I made a new friend, I would only have to add my new pal to >the Friends address book and their messages would get put into the >Friends folder without me having to do anything more. Right! This RFE was inspired by my desire to do exactly this.

Sorry for the spam. I just wanted to clearify that this RFE is for the auto-creation/modification of such filters. The "sender is in <specified> address book" filter condition is requested in bug 34340 on which this bug depends.

mass re-assign.

sorry for the spam. making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs. filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.

if i read this correct (which is dang hard to do) the function already exists. feel free to reopen if you disagree, and clarify please in 20 words or less what this bug is about

Let me preface this with a note that I am no longer a Thunderbird user so feel free to ignore this request and close the bug. That said, here is the 20 word description: Provide UI for the setting of a "sender is in <specified> address book" filter in the Address Book window's chrome. Hope that help!