autofill not working

[Guest]

Autofill not working in filling out "to" on Outlook 2007

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

Tools | Options | Advanced | Suggest names...


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Ben M. Schorr, MVP
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[Guest]

Ben, I'm having the same problem as the "Bob" that you responded to. My
Outlook 2003 will occasionally autofill names in the TO: field, but the
infrequent autofill response suggests that recipients of my recent e-mails
are not automatically added to my Contacts list.

I do not have an "Advanced" choice under Tools|Options. Say again where I
tell Outlook to suggest names and autofill?

Where do I tell Outlook 2003 to remember the addresses to which I've
previous sent e-mail?

 

[Guest]

I just roamed over to an Outlook Training Video on this support website. The
training video said that the autofill e-mail names list is **not** equal to
one's Contact list. It said that this list is separate from Contacts but is
indeed updated each time you send e-mail.

I think what I'm seeing is that my autofill list is not updating each time I
send. Most of the names suggested when I autofill come from the era last
summer before I upgraded my computer and transferred the old .pst file to the
new copy of Outlook 2003.

The previous version of Outlook on the old computer was also Outlook 2003.

Any ideas to obtain more reliable updating of the autofill list?

 

[Guest]

Is it possible that inappropriately timed hard re-boots of this computer are
causing autofill candidates to be lost and not updated to the autofill list?

The inappropriate hard re-boots are caused when Windows Update downloads new
software and forces a computer re-boot in the middle of the night while my
daytime applications are still open and running.

The forced re-boots are causing my QuickBooks and UPS Worldship apps to go
nuts.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Is it possible that inappropriately timed hard re-boots of this
computer are causing autofill candidates to be lost and not updated
to the autofill list?

This could cause it, yes. Files that Outlook has open may not be properly
closed and buffers not written to the files. I believe the NK2 file is one
of those that doesn't get written properly unless Outlook closes gracefully.

The inappropriate hard re-boots are caused when Windows Update
downloads new software and forces a computer re-boot in the middle of
the night while my daytime applications are still open and running.

Why in the world would you configure Windows Update to install anything
without your permission?

 

[Jim Wesner]

Ben,

I have Outlook 2007 and autofill is not working but I did the "Tools |
Options | Advanced | Suggest names..." and the box was checked.

Any other suggestions?

Jim Wesner

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

State what is not working that you think should. Explain how you populated
your autocompletion cache.

 

[Jim Wesner]

Russ,

When composing a new email message, typing in the "To" field does not
trigger the list of posssible email addresses.

I didn't do anything to populate an autocompletion list. I thought the list
that is used is my 'contacts" list.

Jim Wesner

State what is not working that you think should. Explain how you populated
your autocompletion cache.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Ben,

I have Outlook 2007 and autofill is not working but I did the "Tools |
Options | Advanced | Suggest names..." and the box was checked.

Any other suggestions?

Jim Wesner

 

[Brian Tillman]

When composing a new email message, typing in the "To" field does not
trigger the list of posssible email addresses.

I didn't do anything to populate an autocompletion list. I thought
the list that is used is my 'contacts" list.

Nope. The autocompletion cache has nothing to do with your contacts. It is
used to remember the addresses to which you've previously sent mail.

 

[Jim Wesner]

So the only way to populate it is to send email messages?

 

[Brian Tillman]

So the only way to populate it is to send email messages?

No. All you need to do is resolve the address. Enter the address(es) you
want and press CTRL-K to resolve them. They'll become underlined. At that
point, they've been added to the autocompletion cache. Close the new
message window and discard the changes.

 

[Bill Taylor]

I have Outlook 2003 and my autofill only remembers the emails for the day.
Therefore is there a CACHE setting? After rebooting there all gone. It's
driving me crazy.

Any advise???

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Do not multipost.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003 and my autofill only remembers the emails for the day.
Therefore is there a CACHE setting? After rebooting there all gone. It's
driving me crazy.

Any advise???

 

[Bill Taylor]

This is new to me and I was not aware that the first one was posted. I'm now
understanding how this works. Any advice to resolving my problem would be
helpful.

Do not multipost.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003 and my autofill only remembers the emails for the day.
Therefore is there a CACHE setting? After rebooting there all gone. It's
driving me crazy.

Any advise???

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Of course it would. That's why I answered your other post. Multiposting
forces people to answer your question over and over. No thanks. Once is
enough.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is new to me and I was not aware that the first one was posted. I'm
now
understanding how this works. Any advice to resolving my problem would be
helpful.

Do not multipost.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003 and my autofill only remembers the emails for the
day.
Therefore is there a CACHE setting? After rebooting there all gone.
It's
driving me crazy.

Any advise???

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When composing a new email message, typing in the "To" field does
not
trigger the list of posssible email addresses.

I didn't do anything to populate an autocompletion list. I thought
the list that is used is my 'contacts" list.

Nope. The autocompletion cache has nothing to do with your contacts.
It
is
used to remember the addresses to which you've previously sent mail.