How do I clear old e-mail addresses out, so they don't try to aut.

[Guest]

when manually typing in an e-mail address it trys to auto populate it with
the wrong e-mail address from my contacts. How do I clear that so it doesn't
show the old address?

 

[Chuck Davis]

-----Original Message-----
when manually typing in an e-mail address it trys to auto populate it with
the wrong e-mail address from my contacts. How do I clear that so it doesn't
show the old address?
.

Change the Contacts e-mail address and use the system as
intended.

 

[Tim C]

But Outlook doesn't just pull guesses for email addresses out of contacts,
it also pulls from existing email, including any incorrect addresses on
existing email.

Does anyone know of a way (maybe a registry hack?) to tell it to use only
contacts and address books for autofill guesses, and not existing email?

Thanks,
Tim C

 

[Brian Tillman]

when manually typing in an e-mail address it trys to auto populate it
with the wrong e-mail address from my contacts. How do I clear that
so it doesn't show the old address?

Chuck Davis doesn't know what he's talking about. To delete an entry,
select it using the arrow keys and press Delete.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Use autoresolution (Automatic Name Checking) instead of autocompletion
(Suggest Names). The former uses information from your Contacts Folder. The
latter uses a cache of names to which you've previously sent messages (not
emails in your folder).

 

[Tim C]

Russ,

Thank you.

Now for a third option, can I set it to work like it did for me in Outlook
2002? Unrecognized names received a red squiggle underline. I could right
click a right squiggled name to choose from options. Once choosen, it would
become a sort of autotext, and a similar entry would next time automatically
convert, with a green dashed underline to indicate this had happened, and
the opportunity to override this with a right click.

Thanks,
Tim C

Use autoresolution (Automatic Name Checking) instead of autocompletion
(Suggest Names). The former uses information from your Contacts Folder.
The latter uses a cache of names to which you've previously sent messages
(not emails in your folder).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

But Outlook doesn't just pull guesses for email addresses out of
contacts, it also pulls from existing email, including any incorrect
addresses on existing email.

Does anyone know of a way (maybe a registry hack?) to tell it to use only
contacts and address books for autofill guesses, and not existing email?

Thanks,
Tim C

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

In theory, once you disable autocompletion and leave only autoresolution
enabled, that's exactly what it should be doing. Are you seeing behavior to
the contrary?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Thank you.

Now for a third option, can I set it to work like it did for me in Outlook
2002? Unrecognized names received a red squiggle underline. I could
right click a right squiggled name to choose from options. Once choosen,
it would become a sort of autotext, and a similar entry would next time
automatically convert, with a green dashed underline to indicate this had
happened, and the opportunity to override this with a right click.

Thanks,
Tim C

Use autoresolution (Automatic Name Checking) instead of autocompletion
(Suggest Names). The former uses information from your Contacts Folder.
The latter uses a cache of names to which you've previously sent messages
(not emails in your folder).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

But Outlook doesn't just pull guesses for email addresses out of
contacts, it also pulls from existing email, including any incorrect
addresses on existing email.

Does anyone know of a way (maybe a registry hack?) to tell it to use
only contacts and address books for autofill guesses, and not existing
email?

Thanks,
Tim C


-----Original Message-----
when manually typing in an e-mail address it trys to auto
populate it with
the wrong e-mail address from my contacts. How do I clear
that so it doesn't
show the old address?
.

Change the Contacts e-mail address and use the system as
intended.

 

[Tim C]

I made the bad assumption that my machine was typical. I should know
better, since it my primary test machine. It went from Office XP to Office
2003 Beta to Office 2003, which has left it a little twitchy. I think it's
time for a complete uninstall and clean install.

The feature does work normally on other computers in the office.

Thanks,
Tim C

In theory, once you disable autocompletion and leave only autoresolution
enabled, that's exactly what it should be doing. Are you seeing behavior
to the contrary?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Thank you.

Now for a third option, can I set it to work like it did for me in
Outlook 2002? Unrecognized names received a red squiggle underline. I
could right click a right squiggled name to choose from options. Once
choosen, it would become a sort of autotext, and a similar entry would
next time automatically convert, with a green dashed underline to
indicate this had happened, and the opportunity to override this with a
right click.

Thanks,
Tim C

Use autoresolution (Automatic Name Checking) instead of autocompletion
(Suggest Names). The former uses information from your Contacts Folder.
The latter uses a cache of names to which you've previously sent
messages (not emails in your folder).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
But Outlook doesn't just pull guesses for email addresses out of
contacts, it also pulls from existing email, including any incorrect
addresses on existing email.

Does anyone know of a way (maybe a registry hack?) to tell it to use
only contacts and address books for autofill guesses, and not existing
email?

Thanks,
Tim C


-----Original Message-----
when manually typing in an e-mail address it trys to auto
populate it with
the wrong e-mail address from my contacts. How do I clear
that so it doesn't
show the old address?
.

Change the Contacts e-mail address and use the system as
intended.