# QuickText: auto-add email recipients to the TO field?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/quicktext-auto-add-email-recipients-to-the-to-field/41027>\
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**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/quicktext-auto-add-email-recipients-to-the-to-field/41027 "2019-05-31T20:28:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/quicktext-auto-add-email-recipients-to-the-to-field/41027/2 "2019-06-06T11:28:07Z")

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I just installed it and was wondering the same thing.

I found this and it worked for me:  
[http://extensions.hesslow.se/forum/thread/370/Create+TO+using+quicktext/](http://extensions.hesslow.se/forum/thread/370/Create+TO+using+quicktext/)

Quicktext stores the templates in a file called template.xml.  
You can manually edit it, though make a backup first.

I’ll quote the relevant message here:

```
Helvetica	2012-06-18 18:10:43
I asked Emil this back in October of 2007 because I need to send a templated email to the same address almost every day. Emil's reply, which I am adding below, worked fine with my old Quicktext Pro but not with 9.11.3. But perhaps someone can get it to work with the 9.11.3 version ?
Here is his reply from October 2007:
(note that fredsmith@blabla.com is just the sample TO email address and should be changed to the one you want it to be).

>2) You want the Quicktext template to change the To-header right?
>
>What you have to do is manually edit the templates.xml file
>because there is no GUI for it yet.
>You find the templates.xml file in the Quicktext-folder in the
>Thunderbird profile folder.
>
>You add a header-tag and it should look something like this:
>
><text shortcut="" type="0">
> <name><![CDATA[Header test]]></name>
> <headers>
> <header>
> <type><![CDATA[to]]></type>
> <value><![CDATA[fredsmith@blabla.com]]></value>
> </header>
> </headers>
> </text>
>
>The different types that is available is to, cc, bcc, reply-to.
>The only headers you can change is to, cc, bcc, reply-to. Not the
>from-field.
>
>Be sure to backup the templates.xml file before you start editing
>it.

```

I hope that helps. It worked a treat for me.  
I had to restart thunderbird before my changes took effect.

Best,  
D

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