email "suggests" recipients not in my Contacts Folder (Outlook 200

[JBacon]

Hello:

When adding a recipient in the TO: field, Outlook 2003 will suggest names
that are not in my Contacts List. I have tracked these names down to emails
that I have received with multiple recipients. Outlook seems to be
remembering the other recipients and is now suggesting them to me as I enter
names in the TO: field.

The list of suggested recipients is getting quite long due to this. Is there
a way to tell Outlook to only look for names alreay in my Contact List. if
so, how would I then clear these non COntact List names from Outlooks memory.

Thanks for any help !!

Jeff

 

[DL]

The suggested addys are ones you entered or have previously used, they are
not taken from Contacts, and are contained in a seperate cache file.
Highlight the 'bad' ones with arrow keys, hit Del Btn

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, you can't tell outlook to only use addresses from your contacts. You can
either disable the suggest names features (tools, options, email options) or
delete the bad names as they appear by arrowing to the name and pressing
Del.

The list holds 2000 names and recently used names replace names you haven't
used in a long time so it never truly fills up.

see http://www.slipstick.com/problems/nicknamecache.asp for more info and
links to utilities you can use to edit the list.


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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

When did it increase from 1000 to 2000?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

No, you can't tell outlook to only use addresses from your contacts. You
can either disable the suggest names features (tools, options, email
options) or delete the bad names as they appear by arrowing to the name
and pressing Del.

The list holds 2000 names and recently used names replace names you
haven't used in a long time so it never truly fills up.

see http://www.slipstick.com/problems/nicknamecache.asp for more info and
links to utilities you can use to edit the list.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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Hello:

When adding a recipient in the TO: field, Outlook 2003 will suggest names
that are not in my Contacts List. I have tracked these names down to
emails
that I have received with multiple recipients. Outlook seems to be
remembering the other recipients and is now suggesting them to me as I
enter
names in the TO: field.

The list of suggested recipients is getting quite long due to this. Is
there
a way to tell Outlook to only look for names alreay in my Contact List.
if
so, how would I then clear these non COntact List names from Outlooks
memory.

Thanks for any help !!

Jeff

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

it didn't, I confused it with the safe/blocked list size.

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When did it increase from 1000 to 2000?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

No, you can't tell outlook to only use addresses from your contacts. You
can either disable the suggest names features (tools, options, email
options) or delete the bad names as they appear by arrowing to the name
and pressing Del.

The list holds 2000 names and recently used names replace names you
haven't used in a long time so it never truly fills up.

see http://www.slipstick.com/problems/nicknamecache.asp for more info and
links to utilities you can use to edit the list.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
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Hello:

When adding a recipient in the TO: field, Outlook 2003 will suggest
names
that are not in my Contacts List. I have tracked these names down to
emails
that I have received with multiple recipients. Outlook seems to be
remembering the other recipients and is now suggesting them to me as I
enter
names in the TO: field.

The list of suggested recipients is getting quite long due to this. Is
there
a way to tell Outlook to only look for names alreay in my Contact List.
if
so, how would I then clear these non COntact List names from Outlooks
memory.

Thanks for any help !!

Jeff