Clear Address Cache

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm really annoyed that Outlook saves all addresses that I've written to. I
don't want it to do that. On my Mac at home, in Mail, I can just right click
and permanently delete the address forever. I know you can "delete" in
Outlook from the drop down by highlighting the address and simply pressing
delete. Kicker is, that when I turn my work computer on in the morning, all
the addresses are back.

Is there a way that Outlook will only keep addresses located in my address
book?
Is there a way to be able to permanently delete cached emails?

 

[DL]

In Tools>Options, remove the option to enable auto complete. Where this
option is located depends on your version of OL
Rename the .n2k file

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

What version of Outlook are you using?

Try: http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook/outlookqanda.htm #4.

(and maybe #5 too)


--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion, but this is not what I am looking for.

I only want Outlook (Outlook 2003 Basic Office Edition) to cache email
addresses that are already saved in my address book.

If someone named "Jon Doe - (e-mail address removed)" emails me, and I reply, then that
address is saved. If I go to write an email with the begining as "J..." it
pops up. I don't want that. All I want are the addresses in my address book.
I want them to still drop down. (The other suggestion was to remove that
option completely.)

I will try to find the .NK2 file. Perhaps I'll just have to make a short cut
and go through it daily.

Cheers,

 

[DL]

I dont believe you can configure the cache as you desire, perhaps you'll
have to resort to clicking To and selecting addy

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Seems to me you should just be using autoresolution and disable
autocompletion.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

I agree with Russ. AutoComplete (aka AutoSuggest) isn't going to do what
you want - it's an "all or nothing" sort of feature. It'll either cache all
the addresses you send to or none of them; it's not smart enough to check
your address book first.

AutoResolution, however, will let you type a unique string in the address
field and will resolve that (automatically, but not as a drop down) against
your Address book.


--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.htm

Seems to me you should just be using autoresolution and disable
autocompletion.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks for the suggestion, but this is not what I am looking for.

I only want Outlook (Outlook 2003 Basic Office Edition) to cache email
addresses that are already saved in my address book.

If someone named "Jon Doe - (e-mail address removed)" emails me, and I reply, then
that
address is saved. If I go to write an email with the begining as "J..."
it
pops up. I don't want that. All I want are the addresses in my address
book.
I want them to still drop down. (The other suggestion was to remove that
option completely.)

I will try to find the .NK2 file. Perhaps I'll just have to make a short
cut
and go through it daily.

Cheers,