Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Roger Fajman on July 3, 2023 ·

I configured this add-on for my wife in an attempt to solve a problem (mail going out with the wrong From address), but it only got worse. Here is the setup:

her-name@private domain
her-different-userid@gmail.com
my-name@the-same private-domain

The current problem is mail going out with gmail as the From address when that is not wanted. I tried forcing the identity for each account, but for the first, got this:

her name <her-different-userid@gmail.com> her-name@private-domain.

I have no idea why this is happening or what to do about it other than to remove the add-on,

I'm sorry if this is out of place. I couldn't find a place in English to post it.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.3.2). 

by ldreier (Developer) on July 5, 2023 ·

Hi,

to report problems you could also use github:
https://github.com/dennisverspuij/tb-correctidentity/issues

From your description it is not clear if this add-on could really solve your problem.

For the description I like to use two terms: "account" and "identity". (maybe check also https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-identities).

Short (inaccurate) definitions:
account: is the email-address or username + password you use to access your mail server. (and typically has an SMTP server defined for outgoing emails)

identity: is an email address used on an account. This includes the default email address and additional mail-aliases.
An identity always uses a specific account (the one it is assigned to).

In your description e.g. in "her name <her-different-userid@gmail.com> her-name@private-domain."
the account is "her-different-userid@gmail.com" and the identity is "her-name@private-domain"

This add-on selects the "from" identity based on e.g. "to"-addresses when writing a new mail or e.g. on "to" addresses of a received mail when replying an email. (There are more functions, but maybe this is closest to your use case)

To simply select the "from" identity when starting a new mail, Thunderbird already offers a list of identites to select.
Also the default identity can be already configured without this add-on.
Even some simple rule to select this identity for replies can be configured without this add-on.