Send problem with address book mailing lists

Hello,
Plateform : openSuSE 13.1 Thunderbird : 31.1.0
When I use a name or alias of a mailing list from my address book I get an error message by clicking on Send button : CSCA <"ConseilSyndical"> n'est pas une adresse valide car elle n'est pas de la forme utilisateur@domaine. Veuillez la corriger avant d'envoyer le courrier.
That's to say that CSCA is not a valid address because not like user@dmoain.
I've created these lists in a previous version of Thunderbird and it was always operational. I've done a google search and verified that name/alias and addresses do not contain special characters. The name/alias do not contain blanks. The lists don't end with an empty address.
What should I do to make it operational like it was before v30 ?
Thanks

This was a reported bug and version 31.1.1 fixed that bug.
I see that you are curently using version 31.1.0
suggest you update your version of Thunderbird first to see if the bug is removed.

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