"New Vista User in E PA" <New Vista User in E PA@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:944023C3-B55B-46E3-8754-1E6A12F845EB@microsoft.com...
> In Tools-Options-send tab I have checked "automatically complete e-mail
> adresses " , but it does not consistently complete e-mails adresses once i
> start typing. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't on adresses in my
> contacts list.
>
Windows Mail doesn't use the contacts list for completing email addresses.
Instead, it uses a separate list of the last 29 addresses you sent messages
to.

If you'd rather use the contacts list, start a new message as usual, except
don't type any part of the address. Instead, click on To:.

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