Hi there.
I don't understand, how does 'smart addresses' in Mail.app work. Recently
I mentioned, that for some emails I don't see person's full name in 'From' column.
I started to dig into this behavior and found out, that I have few contacts in my Address Book, that are not recognized by Mail.app. Here how it looks:
I have a person in Address Book with filled email entry and filled first/last name (localized).
I have an incoming email from that person (from email specified in Address Book), but first/last name in the email itself doesn't match with ones specified in Address Book (e. g. 'From' field in email looks like '
John [work] <
[email protected]>' while Address Book entry is '
John Smith' (localized, in Russian)).
And Mail.app doesn't recognize that this mail is originating from that person in Address Book: if I click on 'From' field, it suggests to me to add sender to Address Book, while for others' emails I have 'Show in Address Book' menu entry (especially for ones with full localized name in 'From' field).
I'
m wondering, is that behavior correct or I'
m missing something? I'
m using Snow Leopard & Mail 4.0; my system language set to English, if that matters. I'd like to have some clarifications on that Mail.app behavior: whenever it fixable or not (and if it's fixable, I'd like to see a fix).
By the way, is it possible to match sender's address against Address Book entry in filter rules or not? That would be great, if I can create rules like 'move all mail from that person to that folder' without specifying exact source address.
Thanks, Ivan.