cannot find automatically e mail address which are NOT in address book

[jean-pierre.renault]

big problem, i used to have an Ibook mac (first version the Shell
laptop computer)
I had on it an entourage 2001 with all my inbox , outbox etc data that
i transferred to a new Ibook G4 with an entourage 2004 version
...everything SEEMS fine , but
i have 7345 e mail in my inboox mostly candidates aapplying fior a job
(i am a search executives consultant specialized in bankers and traders
searches)

to come to the point let 's say i want to send an e mail to
joesmith@...

i go :new mail
I go to:
I type: J an usually i had let's say 247 names appearing starting
with a : J
Now i have like 7 names aappearing with a J and all of them in my
address book..all the names in inbosx or outbox etc starting with a J
are still in my I book but when I click on to: they are not
appearing..I do not usually enter all the address in my address book
..;before with my entourage 2001 as soon as i typed a letter i had all
the names starting with that letter not only in my address book but
all of them (inbox etc outbox..) how can i reactivate those ;;as i
cannot go thru a list of 7000 messages ..thank you for your help..

jean-pierre

 

[Bill Bryson]

Jean-Pierre,

I believe you are referring to the "Recent Address list". However, I
believe Entourage gathered all the addresses as you read or sent email
messages on your old computer. So if you moved from the old Ibook to a new
one, the "recent address list" you want is back on the old computer and in a
format for Entourage 2001 and not Entourage 2004.

Maybe one of the MVP people has some script or trick for Entourage 2004 that
will "re-read" each of your messages to populate the "Recent Address list"
on your new computer. It might be possible that the recent address list
could in fact be transferred from your old computer to the new one. But I
am doubtful of that.

Bill