no automatic recipient addresses

Under vista I no longer get an address or selection of possible addressees
after typing in several characters of the recipient's address. I was told
previously in this forum that this would happen after I entered the
addressee's name three times. I've done that many times over and still no
auto recognition. What's up?
--
Ralph

Apparantly it only remembers the last 29 addresses. On my W.M it only seems
to remember the last 29 that I reply to. Therefore some will drop out to make
way for the latest ones that you reply to. Not like good old Outlook Express
where it remembered all the contacts. That's progress for you!!!!

"Ralph" wrote:

> Under vista I no longer get an address or selection of possible addressees
> after typing in several characters of the recipient's address. I was told
> previously in this forum that this would happen after I entered the
> addressee's name three times. I've done that many times over and still no
> auto recognition. What's up?
> --
> Ralph

Again, if that limitation is a deal breaker for you, Microsoft has
a solution: upgrade to Windows Live Mail.
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"sherbert" <sherbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:970EE6E8-5E75-4E65-9B4C-D4FEB63A1D74@microsoft.com...
> Apparantly it only remembers the last 29 addresses. On my W.M it only seems
> to remember the last 29 that I reply to. Therefore some will drop out to make
> way for the latest ones that you reply to. Not like good old Outlook Express
> where it remembered all the contacts. That's progress for you!!!!
>
> "Ralph" wrote:
>
>> Under vista I no longer get an address or selection of possible addressees
>> after typing in several characters of the recipient's address. I was told
>> previously in this forum that this would happen after I entered the
>> addressee's name three times. I've done that many times over and still no
>> auto recognition. What's up?
>> --
>> Ralph

It may be a stupid question but what is Live Mail? Why should I upgrade to
it? How much does it cost?
--
Ralph


"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Again, if that limitation is a deal breaker for you, Microsoft has
> a solution: upgrade to Windows Live Mail.
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>
>
> "sherbert" <sherbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:970EE6E8-5E75-4E65-9B4C-D4FEB63A1D74@microsoft.com...
> > Apparantly it only remembers the last 29 addresses. On my W.M it only seems
> > to remember the last 29 that I reply to. Therefore some will drop out to make
> > way for the latest ones that you reply to. Not like good old Outlook Express
> > where it remembered all the contacts. That's progress for you!!!!
> >
> > "Ralph" wrote:
> >
> >> Under vista I no longer get an address or selection of possible addressees
> >> after typing in several characters of the recipient's address. I was told
> >> previously in this forum that this would happen after I entered the
> >> addressee's name three times. I've done that many times over and still no
> >> auto recognition. What's up?
> >> --
> >> Ralph
>
>
>

It's a similar desktop email program, and it's free. It's the apparent
replacement for WM, as WM has not been updated in over a year. In addition
to POP & IMAP accounts, WLM can also access Hotmail.

--
Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"Ralph" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:5B0EB610-37AA-4442-890B-D686567619C3@microsoft.com...
> It may be a stupid question but what is Live Mail? Why should I upgrade
> to
> it? How much does it cost?
> --
> Ralph
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Again, if that limitation is a deal breaker for you, Microsoft has
>> a solution: upgrade to Windows Live Mail.
>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>>
>>
>> "sherbert" <sherbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:970EE6E8-5E75-4E65-9B4C-D4FEB63A1D74@microsoft.com...
>> > Apparantly it only remembers the last 29 addresses. On my W.M it only
>> > seems
>> > to remember the last 29 that I reply to. Therefore some will drop out
>> > to make
>> > way for the latest ones that you reply to. Not like good old Outlook
>> > Express
>> > where it remembered all the contacts. That's progress for you!!!!
>> >
>> > "Ralph" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Under vista I no longer get an address or selection of possible
>> >> addressees
>> >> after typing in several characters of the recipient's address. I was
>> >> told
>> >> previously in this forum that this would happen after I entered the
>> >> addressee's name three times. I've done that many times over and still
>> >> no
>> >> auto recognition. What's up?
>> >> --
>> >> Ralph
>>
>>
>>

If you have the names and addresses in your contacts folder, you need
only type in the name (or even part of the name). Hit the send button
and if there is more than one person by that name, WM will do the spell
check (if turned on) and then offer a list of possibilities (if there is
more than one possibility) to choose from.

Gary


--
garysgold

Vista Home Premium SP1 Q6600 Quad Core 2.40 GHz 4 GB Ram 800 MHz Nvidia
8600GTS 256MB 500 GB HD Exp. Index=5.5

In addition to what Dave said, WLM has many more features than WM:

Real-time spell checker (like in Outlook, it marks typos immediately
with a red squiggly underline).

Auto-correction of commonly misspelled words (changes 'teh'
to 'the', and 'i' to 'I').

Better auto-completion when typing in recipients.

Contacts group feature is more flexible.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"Ralph" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:5B0EB610-37AA-4442-890B-D686567619C3@microsoft.com...
> It may be a stupid question but what is Live Mail? Why should I upgrade to
> it? How much does it cost?
> --
> Ralph
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Again, if that limitation is a deal breaker for you, Microsoft has
>> a solution: upgrade to Windows Live Mail.
>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>>
>>
>> "sherbert" <sherbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:970EE6E8-5E75-4E65-9B4C-D4FEB63A1D74@microsoft.com...
>> > Apparantly it only remembers the last 29 addresses. On my W.M it only seems
>> > to remember the last 29 that I reply to. Therefore some will drop out to make
>> > way for the latest ones that you reply to. Not like good old Outlook Express
>> > where it remembered all the contacts. That's progress for you!!!!
>> >
>> > "Ralph" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Under vista I no longer get an address or selection of possible addressees
>> >> after typing in several characters of the recipient's address. I was told
>> >> previously in this forum that this would happen after I entered the
>> >> addressee's name three times. I've done that many times over and still no
>> >> auto recognition. What's up?
>> >> --
>> >> Ralph
>>
>>
>>

Windows Mail doesn't use the contacts list for completing addresses.
Instead, it uses a separate list of the last 29 addresses you sent
messages to. This list is very hard to edit; it's easier just to send
messages to the 29 addresses you want on the list.

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

"garysgold" <garysgold.37f5qz@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:garysgold.37f5qz@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> If you have the names and addresses in your contacts folder, you need
> only type in the name (or even part of the name). Hit the send button
> and if there is more than one person by that name, WM will do the spell
> check (if turned on) and then offer a list of possibilities (if there is
> more than one possibility) to choose from.
>
> Gary
>
>
> --
> garysgold
>
> Vista Home Premium SP1 Q6600 Quad Core 2.40 GHz 4 GB Ram 800 MHz Nvidia
> 8600GTS 256MB 500 GB HD Exp. Index=5.5

I just made a fake name and address in contacts (jim frank with a fake
email). I typed jim f in the to line in WM and when I hit the send
button a box popped up that offered all the jim f's including the new
one with the correct fake address. I have an old version of Outlook on
the computer, but the fake name is not in it, so obviously it does use
the contacts folder.

Gary


--
garysgold

Vista Home Premium SP1 Q6600 Quad Core 2.40 GHz 4 GB Ram 800 MHz Nvidia
8600GTS 256MB 500 GB HD Exp. Index=5.5

Then you're getting a response different from most of the people who
post here. There's a possibility that having some version of Outlook
helps.

"garysgold" <garysgold.37fbb4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:garysgold.37fbb4@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> I just made a fake name and address in contacts (jim frank with a fake
> email). I typed jim f in the to line in WM and when I hit the send
> button a box popped up that offered all the jim f's including the new
> one with the correct fake address. I have an old version of Outlook on
> the computer, but the fake name is not in it, so obviously it does use
> the contacts folder.
>
> Gary
>
>
> --
> garysgold
>
> Vista Home Premium SP1 Q6600 Quad Core 2.40 GHz 4 GB Ram 800 MHz Nvidia
> 8600GTS 256MB 500 GB HD Exp. Index=5.5