Contacts

[Jo Ann]

I just bought a new computer that has Windows Mail instead of Outlook
Express. I imported my contacts, but when I send an email, I now have to type
the whole email address instead of just typing in the first couple of letters
of the person's name and having the rest show up. Is there a way to fix this?

Thank you!

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

That is known as the auto-complete function.
Windows Mail does not auto-complete from your contacts.
It uses a separate list of the last 29 recipients you've sent mail to.

The auto-complete feature works perfectly in the replacement
program, Windows Live Mail, which uses the standard contacts list
for auto-completion.
You are encouraged to upgrade to the newer WLM program:

http://download.live.com/wlmail