email autofill to field

[Michael Gerbasio]

Hi,
I had to reformat and load my system. I copied from a backup the
outlook.pst file. I'm using Outlook 2003. When I start a new message I
can't get OL to complete the "To" field as it did before. If I alt-k or tab
out I can correct the entry and it is there for next time, but it won't fill
out a name from the address book.

I have the "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book" checked for the
contacts folder. For the address book I have "Contacts" in the Show this
address list first; Keep personal addresses in and When sending mail, check
names using these address lists in the following order. If I go to
Tools|email accounts|View or change existing directory or address book the
correct folder is shown.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I did a google search but no luck in a
solution. TIA.

Regards-Michael G.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Autocompletion does not use your Contacts. It uses a cache of names from
messages you have sent, which right now is empty. You will recreate it as
you send messages.

 

[Michael Gerbasio]

Thanks Russ. I guess it seemed it used my contact list previously since I
had quite a bit of email in the cache which must be cleared when I needed to
reload.

Regards-Michael G.

Autocompletion does not use your Contacts. It uses a cache of names from
messages you have sent, which right now is empty. You will recreate it as
you send messages.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi,
I had to reformat and load my system. I copied from a backup the
outlook.pst file. I'm using Outlook 2003. When I start a new message I
can't get OL to complete the "To" field as it did before. If I alt-k or tab
out I can correct the entry and it is there for next time, but it won't fill
out a name from the address book.

I have the "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book" checked for the
contacts folder. For the address book I have "Contacts" in the Show this
address list first; Keep personal addresses in and When sending mail, check
names using these address lists in the following order. If I go to
Tools|email accounts|View or change existing directory or address book the
correct folder is shown.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I did a google search but no luck in a
solution. TIA.

Regards-Michael G.