from odoo import models class MailComposeMessage(models.TransientModel): _inherit = "mail.compose.message" def _get_default_recipients(self): """ This is the ONLY place that fills the 'To' field in Odoo 16. We explicitly allow archived partners here for user-initiated sends. """ recipients = super()._get_default_recipients() model = self.env.context.get("active_model") active_ids = self.env.context.get("active_ids") or [] if model == "account.move" and active_ids: moves = self.env["account.move"].with_context( active_test=False ).browse(active_ids) partners = moves.mapped("partner_id").filtered( lambda p: p.email ) if partners: recipients["partner_ids"] = [(6, 0, partners.ids)] recipients["email_to"] = ", ".join(partners.mapped("email")) return recipients def _prepare_mail_values(self, res_ids): """ Explicit user send → allow archived partners internally. """ model = self.env.context.get("active_model") or self.model if model in ["sale.order", "account.move"]: return super( MailComposeMessage, self.with_context( active_test=False, include_archived_partners=True, mail_notify_force=True, ) )._prepare_mail_values(res_ids) return super()._prepare_mail_values(res_ids)