autopopulate contacts ?

[mikey]

I'm sure that in the past, when I replied to an email from a sender for the
first time, outlook automatically created an entry in my contacts list for
that sender.

I'm concious that my current version (outlook2003) doesn't seem to be doing
that, and I can't find the option to do that. Am I hallucinating, or just
stupid ?

Mike

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No full versions of Outlook ever had the ability to add recipients
automatically to your Contacts Folder. Only the long abandoned IMO mode of
Outlook 98/2000 did that. To automatically add the email address of people
you respond to to your Contacts Folder requires code:

http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/autoaddrecip.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/addauto.htm

 

[Randy]

Could you be referring to Outlook's autocomplete feature where the "reply
to" information is stored in a cache file called an NK2?

Many people "think" that the information is stored in a contact folder when
in fact "sent e-mail" addresses are stored in a separate, hidden, system
file.

You may wish to review the following link:
http://www.dcs-imaging.com/autocompletetips.htm
Randy