Windows Mail doesn't remember my contacts

[Sue at MC Access]

Even though the contacts are in my address book, if it's been a week or so
since I've sent e-mail to someone, I have to hunt for that person in my
address book instead of just beginning to type the person's email address in
the "to" line. I don't have that problem with an e-mail address that's used
several times a day.

How can you help me?

 

[Dave]

The auto-complete in Windows Mail just doesn't work correctly.
It keeps a separate list of the last 29 addresses you've typed in, including
bad ones. This list is kept in the registry (in binary).
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Recently Used Addresses

This is one of the features that works properly in the newer Windows Live
Mail.

 

[Guest]

Even though the contacts are in my address book, if it's been a week or so
since I've sent e-mail to someone, I have to hunt for that person in my
address book instead of just beginning to type the person's email address
in
the "to" line. I don't have that problem with an e-mail address that's
used
several times a day.

How can you help me?

Auto-completion doesn't use the contacts list. Instead, it uses a separate
list of the last 29 addresses you tried to send email to.

If you'd rather use the contacts list, start a new message but don't type
any part of the address. Instead, click on To:, then the person whose
address you want to use, then To:, Cc: or Bcc: to indicate which header
line you want this address on.

Note that a number of email providers refuse to deliver email with no
addresses at all on the To: line, so you might want to put your own
email address on this line so the list won't be empty.

 

[john]

Thanks Robert - I also had the same issue as Sue. Wish there was an
autocomplete using the contact page. It seems like that would be pretty
standard the way it was on our other mail applications. Not the answer I
wanted but mystery solved.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

You're welcome.

There's an autocomplete function on the contacts page you call up by
clicking on To:, but I'm not sure which list it uses.