Nicknames and automatic fill-in

[Dave Neve]

Hello

I use a program called Nicknames to try to keep a handle on the automatic
fill-in address function of Outlook but I haven't got enough options.

The problem is that I have about twenty 'mailing lists' (student classes)
and when I send an email to a say 'Class A', all the names of the students
get entered into Outlook's nickname system.

Within a day, when I want to write to a friend, tens of possible names come
up.

So I have to empty all the nicknames and the same thing then starts all over
again.

Any trick or workarounds here please?

Thanks in advance

Dave Neve

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Are you sure this is an Outlook issue?
Outlook stores DL's as separately in the nickname cache. I cannot reproduce
your finding.
Explain what "Nickname" does and how it works.

 

[Sebastian Wolter]

with tweakOL you can delete the outlook.nk2 (where the nicks are
stored)qickly, maybe a workaround: http://www.mcdev.com/

 

[Dave Neve]

Hello

Nickname simply lets you erase nicknames that you don't often use to stop
them coming up all the time.

The problems is that it erases 'one at a time' or all and I want some other
options like 'erase only nicknames that originate from groups' or nicknames
related to a certain server (in my case the school)

It also doesn't have an alphabetic display and I assume the nicknames are
stored in order of use.

Funny you should ask about it as I thought it was a Microsoft product.

Anyway, anything better out there or a programmer who fancies having a go?

Regards

Dave Neve

Are you sure this is an Outlook issue?
Outlook stores DL's as separately in the nickname cache. I cannot
reproduce your finding.
Explain what "Nickname" does and how it works.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hello

I use a program called Nicknames to try to keep a handle on the automatic
fill-in address function of Outlook but I haven't got enough options.

The problem is that I have about twenty 'mailing lists' (student classes)
and when I send an email to a say 'Class A', all the names of the
students get entered into Outlook's nickname system.

Within a day, when I want to write to a friend, tens of possible names
come up.

So I have to empty all the nicknames and the same thing then starts all
over again.

Any trick or workarounds here please?

Thanks in advance

Dave Neve

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

This is the one most of us use. It can do everything you want and more:
http://www.ingressor.com/
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hello

Nickname simply lets you erase nicknames that you don't often use to stop
them coming up all the time.

The problems is that it erases 'one at a time' or all and I want some
other options like 'erase only nicknames that originate from groups' or
nicknames related to a certain server (in my case the school)

It also doesn't have an alphabetic display and I assume the nicknames are
stored in order of use.

Funny you should ask about it as I thought it was a Microsoft product.

Anyway, anything better out there or a programmer who fancies having a go?

Regards

Dave Neve

Are you sure this is an Outlook issue?
Outlook stores DL's as separately in the nickname cache. I cannot
reproduce your finding.
Explain what "Nickname" does and how it works.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hello

I use a program called Nicknames to try to keep a handle on the
automatic fill-in address function of Outlook but I haven't got enough
options.

The problem is that I have about twenty 'mailing lists' (student
classes) and when I send an email to a say 'Class A', all the names of
the students get entered into Outlook's nickname system.

Within a day, when I want to write to a friend, tens of possible names
come up.

So I have to empty all the nicknames and the same thing then starts all
over again.

Any trick or workarounds here please?

Thanks in advance

Dave Neve