[Bug 1365943] [NEW] list addresses do not expand correctly

[Daniel Wojcik]

Public bug reported:

Click 'New mail', in the address field type in a list entry from your
address book, e.g. 'List address'. Press 'Send' - does not work. Instead
of expanding the list into individual addresses it used to do in the
previous versions, it reports:

List address <"List address"> is not a valid e-mail address because it
is not of the form user at host. You must correct it before sending the
e-mail.

This bug has been introduced in transition from the previous version to
the present. I have encountered it both in 12.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS which
I run on my laptop and desktop, respectively. I am guessing it could
have been introduced by trying to fix #1171543.

A workaround: selecting list address from the address book generates an
email with all the addresses expanded. Sadly, this does not work with
forwarding emails, which I need to do often daily (emails to coworkers).
The bug is still encountered after turning off all add-ons.

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

- Click 'New mail', in address list type in a list entry from your address
- book. Press 'Send' - does not work. Instead of expanding the list into
- individual addresses it used to do in the previous versions, it reports:
+ Click 'New mail', in the address field type in a list entry from your
+ address book, e.g. 'List address'. Press 'Send' - does not work. Instead
+ of expanding the list into individual addresses it used to do in the
+ previous versions, it reports:
  
  List address <"List address"> is not a valid e-mail address because it
  is not of the form user at host. You must correct it before sending the
  e-mail.
  
  This bug has been introduced in transition from the previous version to
  the present. I have encountered it both in 12.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS which
  I run on my laptop and desktop, respectively. I am guessing it could
  have been introduced by trying to fix #1171543.
  
  A workaround: selecting list address from the address book generates an
  email with all the addresses expanded. Sadly, this does not work with
  forwarding emails, which I need to do often daily (emails to coworkers).
  The bug is still encountered after turning off all add-ons.

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