How to NOT add addresses automatically

I recently got this email:

My problem isn’t deleting addresses but not adding them. I seem to have Tbird set such that any new replies get added to the address book. I’d rather put all new entries in manually (mostly because ‘m a lecturer and don’t need all my students’ emails in my address book). I can’t seem to find a way to unset this. Can you help?

After poking around, I think I found what you would need to stop adding entries to your address book automatically.

Auto Add

  1. Open Thunderbird
  2. Go to:
    1. On a Mac: Thunderbird > Preferences
    1. On Windows: Tools > Options
  3. Go to the Composition tab
  4. Uncheck that last checkbox that says “Automatically add outgoing e-mail addresses to my:”.

This should stop adding addresses to your Collected Address or Personal Address Book when you reply to an email.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 12th, 2007 at 2:46 pm and is filed under Address Book, Composition Prefs, Management, Preferences. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “How to NOT add addresses automatically”

  1. Alex Says:
    April 25, 2007 at 3:22 pm | Reply

    Thank You

  2. Todd Says:
    October 29, 2007 at 8:55 pm | Reply

    Thanks for this answer to the other person. I cannot believe I didn’t think of that. *sigh* Anyway, thanks.

  3. John Says:
    June 4, 2008 at 3:17 am | Reply

    How can I have my name and phone numbers automatically added to the end of a email I’m sending. Thanks

  4. steve Says:
    August 4, 2009 at 12:32 am | Reply

    I would like thunderird to automatically add the email addresses of all incoming emails to the address book. How do I set that up? Thanks

  5. SLS Says:
    September 30, 2009 at 9:04 pm | Reply

    Thanks! This helped.

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