Address auto complete feature?

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Robin

Hi,

When I used Outlook Express I would only need to type in a
few letters of the recipient's name and Express would
complete the rest. Is there a way to do the same in
Outlook 2000?

Thanks a bunch. Robin~
 
For OL2002 it is under Tools > Options > Preferences tab
Email Options box > Advanced Email Options box > and
Click to expand...
check the box that says "suggest names while completing
To, Cc, and Bcc fields". Should be similar for OL2000.
 
Actually, it's not. Outlook 2000 did not have an AutoComplete feature like
Outlook 2002 or Outlook Express. Instead it used a feature called Auto
Resolution. Outlook would try to resolve a name against the Contacts list,
and if it couldn't find an exact match, it would either list the closest
ones or tell you it couldn't find any matches and give you a chance to
search. The resolutions would be saved for future use. Resolution could
also be forced by pressing CTRL+K (which also works in later versions of
Outlook).

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Interesting. Why would they do away with such a useful
feature?

Another question: When I imported my contacts, none of the
e-mail addresses would work. I discovered that, somehow,
Outlook appended all of the addresses with "SMTP -(xxx)"
where "xxx" would be the same e-mail address or the
person's name. I had to go through some 300 e-mail
addresses to delete this added item before they would
work! What happened? What is SMTP?

Robin
 
If Auto Resolution is the useful feature you're talking about, they didn't
really do away with it; you can still force a resolution against your
contacts by pressing CTRL+K, and if you try to send an e-mail with only a
partial address typed in (and none of the AutoComplete entries match),
Outlook will suggest possible matches from Contacts or ask you to choose a
name from Contacts if there are no obvious matches.

SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transport Protocol. It's typically used to send
internet e-mail messages. See
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci214219,00.html for
a description in not-too-technical terms. I don't really have a good answer
for you as to why the SMTP was added...what method did you use for the
export/import?

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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