Removing Contacts not in Contacts List

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Paddy Ryan

Hi, often I accidentally send to a contact's old email address I no longer
have in my contacts list. It appears that Outlook (2003) "remembers" email
addresses even after I have removed the Contact entry. So, in the "To"
field, as I start to type the first few letters, it pulls up addresses that
are not in my contacts along with addresses that are.

How do I remove an unwanted entry?

Thanks!
Paddy.
 
I just found the "Options/Email Options/Advanced Options/Suggest Names tick
box. However, I don't want to turn it off completely, I just want to remove
unwanted entries that appear that I know are no use to me any more. Where
can this be edited?

thanks
Paddy.
 
Found the answer... http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20040223.htm

What is Autoresolve and Autocomplete?

All versions of Outlook support Autoresolve. Also known as automatic name
checking, this feature allows you to type a name, or even just the first few
letters, and the name resolves a few seconds after you tab out of the field.
When one match is found, the name has a solid underline. When more than one
possible match exist you'll see a red wavy underline. Right click on it to
choose an address. When more than one match exists for a name you've used
before, Outlook resolves to the last name used and uses a green dotted line
to alert you that other possibilities exist. Right click to see the other
addresses. When Name checking is disabled in Tools, Options, Email Options,
Advanced Options it won't do it as you type the names in but it will check
and resolve them when you hit Send. You can force an autoresolve at anytime
using Ctrl+K.
Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 support Autocomplete. Also known as suggest
names, this is the feature that shows addresses of people you've sent
messages to previously and you can select matches as you begin typing. You
can't seed the list with names from your address book, the feature collects
them when you send new messages or reply. You can clear the autocomplete
cache by deleting the *.NK2 file for your profile or delete one address at a
time by using the arrow key to select it as you type and then Delete. Like
autoresolve, you can turn it on or off in Tools, Options, Email Options,
Advanced Options.
 
select the address using the arrow key and hit Del

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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