Don't want Outlook to save all incoming e-mail addresses

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Outlook 2003 saves the e-mail addresses of every person to whom I send an
e-mail or from whom I receive an e-mail. Is there a way to set my options
not to save all of these addresses? I keep my Contacts up to date, and I
don't want all these other addresses. Thanks.
 
Impossible.
Outlook 2003 does not save the email address of every sender (no email
client ever would).
It also does not save the email address of every recipient to the Contacts
folder, only to the autocompletion cache.
Provide your evidence to the contrary.
 
Thank you, Russ. I am new to Outlook and not too computer savvy! I'm not
sure what the autocompletion cache is, but maybe that's what I'm talking
about. For instance, I do a lot with eBay, which means I communicate with a
lot of people. Let me give you an example: I went to e-mail my sister, and
I put her first name into a new e-mail and tabbed down to write (she's in my
contact list). I happened to look up and the address that had come up was to
someone I'd asked a question of in eBay--her name was the same name as my
sister's) and I almost sent my e-mail to that person! I was just wondering
if there's any way not to keep those names. Maybe I just have to go through
and delete every one? Thank you again!



Russ Valentine said:
Impossible.
Outlook 2003 does not save the email address of every sender (no email
client ever would).
It also does not save the email address of every recipient to the Contacts
folder, only to the autocompletion cache.
Provide your evidence to the contrary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lobster Girl said:
Outlook 2003 saves the e-mail addresses of every person to whom I send an
e-mail or from whom I receive an e-mail. Is there a way to set my options
not to save all of these addresses? I keep my Contacts up to date, and I
don't want all these other addresses. Thanks.
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That is just the autocompletion cache and is in no way related to your
Contacts Folder. None of these addresses is being added to your Contacts.
Autocompletion is an option you can easily disable if you don't want to use
it. Read about it here:
http://www.dcs-imaging.com/autocompletetips.htm
Scroll down to: The Autocompletion feature defined
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lobstergirl said:
Thank you, Russ. I am new to Outlook and not too computer savvy! I'm not
sure what the autocompletion cache is, but maybe that's what I'm talking
about. For instance, I do a lot with eBay, which means I communicate with
a
lot of people. Let me give you an example: I went to e-mail my sister,
and
I put her first name into a new e-mail and tabbed down to write (she's in
my
contact list). I happened to look up and the address that had come up was
to
someone I'd asked a question of in eBay--her name was the same name as my
sister's) and I almost sent my e-mail to that person! I was just
wondering
if there's any way not to keep those names. Maybe I just have to go
through
and delete every one? Thank you again!



Russ Valentine said:
Impossible.
Outlook 2003 does not save the email address of every sender (no email
client ever would).
It also does not save the email address of every recipient to the
Contacts
folder, only to the autocompletion cache.
Provide your evidence to the contrary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lobster Girl said:
Outlook 2003 saves the e-mail addresses of every person to whom I send
an
e-mail or from whom I receive an e-mail. Is there a way to set my
options
not to save all of these addresses? I keep my Contacts up to date, and
I
don't want all these other addresses. Thanks.
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Russ,

Thank you so much! I really get it now!! And I've printed off the link you
sent me so I can read it over again and have it at my fingertips. Hopefully,
the more I use Outlook, the more I'll understand. You've certainly been a
big help. Many thanks!

Lobster Girl

Russ Valentine said:
That is just the autocompletion cache and is in no way related to your
Contacts Folder. None of these addresses is being added to your Contacts.
Autocompletion is an option you can easily disable if you don't want to use
it. Read about it here:
http://www.dcs-imaging.com/autocompletetips.htm
Scroll down to: The Autocompletion feature defined
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lobstergirl said:
Thank you, Russ. I am new to Outlook and not too computer savvy! I'm not
sure what the autocompletion cache is, but maybe that's what I'm talking
about. For instance, I do a lot with eBay, which means I communicate with
a
lot of people. Let me give you an example: I went to e-mail my sister,
and
I put her first name into a new e-mail and tabbed down to write (she's in
my
contact list). I happened to look up and the address that had come up was
to
someone I'd asked a question of in eBay--her name was the same name as my
sister's) and I almost sent my e-mail to that person! I was just
wondering
if there's any way not to keep those names. Maybe I just have to go
through
and delete every one? Thank you again!



Russ Valentine said:
Impossible.
Outlook 2003 does not save the email address of every sender (no email
client ever would).
It also does not save the email address of every recipient to the
Contacts
folder, only to the autocompletion cache.
Provide your evidence to the contrary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook 2003 saves the e-mail addresses of every person to whom I send
an
e-mail or from whom I receive an e-mail. Is there a way to set my
options
not to save all of these addresses? I keep my Contacts up to date, and
I
don't want all these other addresses. Thanks.
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