What is a 'Screen Name' in Thunderbird's and SeaMonkey's address books?

Avi Greenbury avismailinglistaccount at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 1 16:56:19 UTC 2009


On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:02:33 +0200
Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net> wrote:

> Avi Greenbury wrote:
> 
> > AOL Instant Messenger is an Instant Messenger system created by AOL.
> > 
> > An AIM user's screen name is the name by which other users of the
> > system may find them.
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Messaging
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger
> 
> I still do not understand what this has to do with the free E-Mail
> programs Thunderbird and SeaMonkeys address book.
> 

It's an attribute of a person that one might want to store in the
address book. Same reason there are (probably) fields for postal
address and fax numbers.

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