Outlook 2002 SP3 Autofill Email Address Problems

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Guest

I like the autofill funcion in outlook, however, it appears that the autofill
storage space is limited to about 200 email addresses or less. I just did a
big mail merge email to some new customers and then after doing this those
email addresses replaced those email addresses that normally show up in the
autofill, which is creating a huge headache for me now as I have to go and
look up old emails to find email addresses of people I want to contact more
regularlly. Is there anyway to increase the memory size or is there
something else I can do, or is this just a outlook flaw?
 
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Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]

You missed it by a fivefold margin.
The autocompletion cache stores 1000 names before it starts culling (FIFO).
 
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Guest

Can I expand that list? 1000 is still not enough. I think I sent out 1000
emails by mail merge last week. Which obviously created a problem for the
normal emails I send. Is there anyway to bring those back or increase the
size?

Thanks

Russ Valentine said:
You missed it by a fivefold margin.
The autocompletion cache stores 1000 names before it starts culling (FIFO).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
twjeff said:
I like the autofill funcion in outlook, however, it appears that the
autofill
storage space is limited to about 200 email addresses or less. I just did
a
big mail merge email to some new customers and then after doing this those
email addresses replaced those email addresses that normally show up in
the
autofill, which is creating a huge headache for me now as I have to go and
look up old emails to find email addresses of people I want to contact
more
regularlly. Is there anyway to increase the memory size or is there
something else I can do, or is this just a outlook flaw?
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R

Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]

No to both. Won't change in Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Obvious solution is to turn off autocomplete before you do large mail merges
if you don't want to cache those addresses.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
twjeff said:
Can I expand that list? 1000 is still not enough. I think I sent out
1000
emails by mail merge last week. Which obviously created a problem for the
normal emails I send. Is there anyway to bring those back or increase the
size?

Thanks

Russ Valentine said:
You missed it by a fivefold margin.
The autocompletion cache stores 1000 names before it starts culling
(FIFO).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
twjeff said:
I like the autofill funcion in outlook, however, it appears that the
autofill
storage space is limited to about 200 email addresses or less. I just
did
a
big mail merge email to some new customers and then after doing this
those
email addresses replaced those email addresses that normally show up in
the
autofill, which is creating a huge headache for me now as I have to go
and
look up old emails to find email addresses of people I want to contact
more
regularlly. Is there anyway to increase the memory size or is there
something else I can do, or is this just a outlook flaw?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

HI Russ,

If, by chance you are working for Microsoft, please make this suggestion.
The autocomplete cache is not big enough especially for businesses, I would
like to see the user be able to set that manually, up to say 10,000+
addresses.

Thanks!



Russ Valentine said:
No to both. Won't change in Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Obvious solution is to turn off autocomplete before you do large mail merges
if you don't want to cache those addresses.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
twjeff said:
Can I expand that list? 1000 is still not enough. I think I sent out
1000
emails by mail merge last week. Which obviously created a problem for the
normal emails I send. Is there anyway to bring those back or increase the
size?

Thanks

Russ Valentine said:
You missed it by a fivefold margin.
The autocompletion cache stores 1000 names before it starts culling
(FIFO).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I like the autofill funcion in outlook, however, it appears that the
autofill
storage space is limited to about 200 email addresses or less. I just
did
a
big mail merge email to some new customers and then after doing this
those
email addresses replaced those email addresses that normally show up in
the
autofill, which is creating a huge headache for me now as I have to go
and
look up old emails to find email addresses of people I want to contact
more
regularlly. Is there anyway to increase the memory size or is there
something else I can do, or is this just a outlook flaw?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]

I don't. But you can make the suggestion yourself.
To submit product or service suggestions to Microsoft:

1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community". The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
twjeff said:
HI Russ,

If, by chance you are working for Microsoft, please make this suggestion.
The autocomplete cache is not big enough especially for businesses, I
would
like to see the user be able to set that manually, up to say 10,000+
addresses.

Thanks!



Russ Valentine said:
No to both. Won't change in Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Obvious solution is to turn off autocomplete before you do large mail
merges
if you don't want to cache those addresses.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
twjeff said:
Can I expand that list? 1000 is still not enough. I think I sent out
1000
emails by mail merge last week. Which obviously created a problem for
the
normal emails I send. Is there anyway to bring those back or increase
the
size?

Thanks

:

You missed it by a fivefold margin.
The autocompletion cache stores 1000 names before it starts culling
(FIFO).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I like the autofill funcion in outlook, however, it appears that the
autofill
storage space is limited to about 200 email addresses or less. I
just
did
a
big mail merge email to some new customers and then after doing this
those
email addresses replaced those email addresses that normally show up
in
the
autofill, which is creating a huge headache for me now as I have to
go
and
look up old emails to find email addresses of people I want to
contact
more
regularlly. Is there anyway to increase the memory size or is there
something else I can do, or is this just a outlook flaw?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

Hi Russ,

Unfortunately the "Make a suggestion" link does not exist. I have searched
all through the contact us site and cannot find anything related, even on
secondary levels...



Russ Valentine said:
I don't. But you can make the suggestion yourself.
To submit product or service suggestions to Microsoft:

1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community". The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
twjeff said:
HI Russ,

If, by chance you are working for Microsoft, please make this suggestion.
The autocomplete cache is not big enough especially for businesses, I
would
like to see the user be able to set that manually, up to say 10,000+
addresses.

Thanks!



Russ Valentine said:
No to both. Won't change in Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Obvious solution is to turn off autocomplete before you do large mail
merges
if you don't want to cache those addresses.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Can I expand that list? 1000 is still not enough. I think I sent out
1000
emails by mail merge last week. Which obviously created a problem for
the
normal emails I send. Is there anyway to bring those back or increase
the
size?

Thanks

:

You missed it by a fivefold margin.
The autocompletion cache stores 1000 names before it starts culling
(FIFO).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I like the autofill funcion in outlook, however, it appears that the
autofill
storage space is limited to about 200 email addresses or less. I
just
did
a
big mail merge email to some new customers and then after doing this
those
email addresses replaced those email addresses that normally show up
in
the
autofill, which is creating a huge headache for me now as I have to
go
and
look up old emails to find email addresses of people I want to
contact
more
regularlly. Is there anyway to increase the memory size or is there
something else I can do, or is this just a outlook flaw?
Click to expand...
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