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.
