My Contacts (other than Network Users) Do not Appear in "Select Na

[Guest]

When I compose a new email message and click the "to" button, the only
contacts that appear are the few users we have on a small network.

My contacts folder that is accessible in Outlook Contacts is not listed.

If I begin typing the name in the "to" field of a new message, they are
sometimes found, sometimes not.

I use Outlook 2003 on an Exchange server.

My mail and contacts are all in "Mailbox" - (Network User). There are
several thousand contacts in that folder.

I have been living and putting up with this for AGES. Just decided to
attack this and many other Outlook issues today.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Steve

 

[Brian Tillman]

When I compose a new email message and click the "to" button, the only
contacts that appear are the few users we have on a small network.

My contacts folder that is accessible in Outlook Contacts is not
listed.

You need to enable your Contacts folder as an Outlook Address Book.
Right-click>Properties>Outlook Address Book tab>check "Show this folder..."

If I begin typing the name in the "to" field of a new message, they
are sometimes found, sometimes not.

That's not related to your Contacts at all. That's the autocompletion
cache.

 

[sscornelius]

I'm having the same problem in Outlook 2003 in an Exchange environment.
When I right-click on the folder and select Properties and the Outlook
Address Book tab, the "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book" is
gray and not clickable. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm having the same problem in Outlook 2003 in an Exchange
environment. When I right-click on the folder and select Properties
and the Outlook Address Book tab, the "Show this folder as an e-mail
Address Book" is gray and not clickable. Any other suggestions?

Yes. Add the Outlook Address Book service to your profile (Tools>E-mail
Accounts>Add a new directory or address book>Next>Additional Address Books.
Select the Outlook Address Book and follow the prompts. That will enable
the "Show this folder" checkbox.

 

[sscornelius]

Thanks a lot. That did the trick.