Why Does Windows Mail forget email addresses?

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Cheri

It's very annoying but many times when I start to email someone, I find that
Windows Mail has forgotten the address and will not complete it, so I have
to go into contacts and email from there. I never knew this to happen with
OE in any of the Win versions before Vista, and wonder why it happens with
Windows Mail. Is there a fix for this? TIA

Cheri
 
That special list of contacts is known as the auto-complete feature.
Windows Mail does not auto-complete from your regular contacts.
It uses a separate list of the last 29 recipients you've sent mail to.
The workaround is to click on 'To:' which brings up all your contacts.

The newer replacement mail program, Windows Live Mail, uses the
standard contacts list for auto-completion.
You are encouraged to upgrade to the newer mail program:

http://download.live.com/wlmail

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Bruce Hagen said:
Windows Mail only remembers the last 29 addresses used. See this about
removing remembered addresses.

How to clear the email auto-complete entries in Windows Mail
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...il-auto-complete-entries-in-Windows-Mail.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


Cheri said:
It's very annoying but many times when I start to email someone, I find
that Windows Mail has forgotten the address and will not complete it, so
I have to go into contacts and email from there. I never knew this to
happen with OE in any of the Win versions before Vista, and wonder why
it happens with Windows Mail. Is there a fix for this? TIA

Cheri
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That special list of contacts is known as the auto-complete feature.
Windows Mail does not auto-complete from your regular contacts.
It uses a separate list of the last 29 recipients you've sent mail to.
The workaround is to click on 'To:' which brings up all your contacts.

The newer replacement mail program, Windows Live Mail, uses the
standard contacts list for auto-completion.
You are encouraged to upgrade to the newer mail program:

http://download.live.com/wlmail

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Bruce Hagen said:
Windows Mail only remembers the last 29 addresses used. See this about
removing remembered addresses.

How to clear the email auto-complete entries in Windows Mail
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...il-auto-complete-entries-in-Windows-Mail.html
Click to expand...


Thank you both, I never knew that.

Cheri
 
You're very welcome. Glad to have helped.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
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"Cheri" wrote in message
That special list of contacts is known as the auto-complete feature.
Windows Mail does not auto-complete from your regular contacts.
It uses a separate list of the last 29 recipients you've sent mail to.
The workaround is to click on 'To:' which brings up all your contacts.

The newer replacement mail program, Windows Live Mail, uses the
standard contacts list for auto-completion.
You are encouraged to upgrade to the newer mail program:

http://download.live.com/wlmail

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
Microsoft MVP program: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Bruce Hagen said:
Windows Mail only remembers the last 29 addresses used. See this about
removing remembered addresses.

How to clear the email auto-complete entries in Windows Mail
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...il-auto-complete-entries-in-Windows-Mail.html
Click to expand...


Thank you both, I never knew that.

Cheri
 
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