Developer reply by Philippe V.
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Issue with Thunderbird 78.5.1, no longer able to access contacts from the To field.
Needs a fix, This broke tons of setup in my office.
solution here : https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook/-/issues/1064#note_458701495
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