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A feature I really do not welcome is the '''user@domain check''' on the shape of addresses entered. The reason I moved from ''Outlook'' to ''Thunderbird'' was that I found Outlook started to impose an xxx@xxx filter on my addresses. In order to keep under my control what e-mails go out of my computer, I use a simple means for years: I store all the addresses in the format <me><a secret sequence><domain>. Immediately before dispatching, I manually replace <a secret sequence> for @, which requires just a modicum of effort, a good price for the feeling of secrecy. A side benefit is that I cannot dispatch an e-mail by mistake any earlier than I consider it ready.
From the moment Thunderbird, too, started to apply this inexpensive (and annoying, in my view) filter, I am forced (not willing to leave Tb just because of that) manually to edit abook.mab. Due to the fortunate fact that my address book is largely built already, I need to hack it only occasionally. Nevertheless, beside being an annoyance, general users such as me should not be expected to fiddle around with parameter files. Cannot this feature be made switchable? I mean, the @-to-replace-whatever might be specific for very few users (a very good measure, let me recommend it); quite a few, in turn, might find useful the possibility to store incomplete addresses for various reasons. The xxx@xxx filter, so easy to program, may have a poor effect for them, given that incomplete addresses cannot dispatch anyway.
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