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

[Avi Greenbury]

On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:55:02 +0200
Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net> wrote:

> Avi Greenbury wrote:
> 
> > Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> It is obviously more than that:
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Help_Documentation:Using_the_Address_Book#Contact_Tab
> speaks about an implemented IM functionality.
> 

Ah, I nearly suggested that might be the case, but in the absence of a
web connection on the PC I wrote that reply with I couldn't check.

Either way, that would appear to answer your question.