autocomplete on address

[Josh]

In Netscape Messenger, if I compose a new message and
type, say, johndoe and wait a second, netscape
automatically adds my default domain in, as in
(e-mail address removed). I would like to know how (if
possible) to do this in Microsoft Outlook 2002. In
Outlook I have to type the entire email address in.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook has two features that do this by default. Autocompletion ("Suggest
Names") which pulls entries from messages you have sent and Autoresolution
("Automatic Name checking") which pulls names from your Contacts data. Both
are enabled by default. Only you would have a clue how they became disabled.

 

[Josh]

Hey Russ, those options are both enabled; I think it's
possible you do not understand the question. I know
Outlook can pull a complete email address from the
address book if it's already in there. But the behavior
that I am looking for is something like this:

Say my email address is (e-mail address removed). When I
compose a new message and type, say 'johndoe' in the "To"
line, I want it to automatically add @gardner-webb.edu to
the end if I don't type anything else, like netscape
messenger does.

I don't know if this is possible in Outlook 2002 but I'd
like to try, and this is why I posted, because I figured
somebody out here would know.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook has two features that do this by default. Autocompletion ("Suggest
Names") which pulls entries from messages you have sent and Autoresolution
("Automatic Name checking") which pulls names from your Contacts data. Both
are enabled by default. Only you would have a clue how they became disabled.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Netscape Messenger, if I compose a new message and
type, say, johndoe and wait a second, netscape
automatically adds my default domain in, as in
(e-mail address removed). I would like to know how (if
possible) to do this in Microsoft Outlook 2002. In
Outlook I have to type the entire email address in.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

OK. I'm dumb. Explain the difference between autocompleting the address and
what you are describing. Outlook will autocomplete any address to which
you've previously sent a message after you've typed in the first letter of
the name. Is that not what you are asking?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hey Russ, those options are both enabled; I think it's
possible you do not understand the question. I know
Outlook can pull a complete email address from the
address book if it's already in there. But the behavior
that I am looking for is something like this:

Say my email address is (e-mail address removed). When I
compose a new message and type, say 'johndoe' in the "To"
line, I want it to automatically add @gardner-webb.edu to
the end if I don't type anything else, like netscape
messenger does.

I don't know if this is possible in Outlook 2002 but I'd
like to try, and this is why I posted, because I figured
somebody out here would know.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook has two features that do this by default. Autocompletion ("Suggest
Names") which pulls entries from messages you have sent and Autoresolution
("Automatic Name checking") which pulls names from your Contacts data. Both
are enabled by default. Only you would have a clue how they became disabled.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Netscape Messenger, if I compose a new message and
type, say, johndoe and wait a second, netscape
automatically adds my default domain in, as in
(e-mail address removed). I would like to know how (if
possible) to do this in Microsoft Outlook 2002. In
Outlook I have to type the entire email address in.

.

 

[lisalim]

I use the Autocomplete function on outlook xp, but it's becoming
problem because it's remembering every single address I've ever replie
to. How can I delete these names from the memory? I've already delete
them from the address book, but the Autocomplete function stil
remembers them and I can't find out where they're stored.

Thanks for any help anyone could give me

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Remove individual addresses from the autocompletion cache by highlighting
the entry when presented in the suggested names list (use your arrow key to
migrate to the entry) and then hitting your Delete key before you tab out of
the field. To clear the entire cache, follow the instructions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q287623