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.
