Windows Mail Address book vs. Contacts?

Usually when one starts a new message and types in something like Steve
- the rest of the name fills in. The contact is listed under "Contacts"
from the main window but when a new message pane is brought up, he isn't
listed under the contacts there - by hitting "to."
I don't use windows mail so bear with me.

That is known as the auto-complete function.
Windows Mail does not auto-complete from your contacts.
It uses a separate list of the last 29 recipients you've sent mail to.

The auto-complete feature works perfectly in the replacement
program, Windows Live Mail, which uses the standard contacts list
for auto-completion.
You are encouraged to upgrade to the newer WLM program:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message news:OybpFJk3JHA.1864@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Usually when one starts a new message and types in something like Steve
> - the rest of the name fills in. The contact is listed under "Contacts"
> from the main window but when a new message pane is brought up, he isn't
> listed under the contacts there - by hitting "to."
> I don't use windows mail so bear with me.

[VistaRookie]

It is not clear that you want the pesky auto-complete? Or do
you just want all email addresses to appear in your contacts?
I don't like auto-complete and turn it off here:
Windows Mail->Tools->Options->Send Tab. No check mark for:

Automatically complete e-mail addresses when composing


If you want to clear your auto-complete, check these articles.
How to clear the email auto-complete entries in Windows Mail

Utility to clear recently used email addresses in Windows Mail


If you want all addresses that you reply to added to your
contacts, go here:

Windows Mail->Tools->Options->Send Tab.
Put a check mark for:

Automatically put people I reply to in my Contacts list

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin

Usually when one starts a new message and types in something like Steve
- the rest of the name fills in. The contact is listed under "Contacts"
from the main window but when a new message pane is brought up, he isn't
listed under the contacts there - by hitting "to."
I don't use windows mail so bear with me.