Outlook 2003 automatically adding email addresses to Contacts?

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rgraham1 - 20 Mar 2005 14:59 GMT

Hi,

I have Outlook 2003 on my personal computer (no server). Is it possible to
have Outlook automatically add any email address that I receive or send to to
my Contacts List?

I used to be able to do this a few years ago with Outlook (?2000? maybe).

thanks,
Ron

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Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook] - 20 Mar 2005 15:31 GMT

No current versions of Outlook have the ability to add recipients
automatically to your Contacts Folder. Only the long abandoned IMO mode
of Outlook 98/2000 did that. To automatically add the email address of
people you respond to to your Contacts Folder requires code:

http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/autoaddrecip.htm

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> Hi,
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> thanks,
> Ron

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rgraham1 - 20 Mar 2005 17:17 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply Russ,

I am disappointed and curious. It seemed like such a useful feature why
would someone eliminate it from the program??

I am feeling very unsure of "adding code". Is your reference something that
a novice could likely do without complications or problems?

I really could benifit by that feature,

Ron

> No current versions of Outlook have the ability to add recipients
> automatically to your Contacts Folder. Only the long abandoned IMO mode
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> > thanks,
> > Ron

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Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook] - 20 Mar 2005 18:29 GMT

It was never actually a part of Outlook's code. This was only a feature
in IMO mode, a simplifed version that had more in common with Outlook
Express than with Outlook. It never actually used Outlook's address book
engine.
I haven't used the code myself. If you have any trouble with it, there
are plenty of people in the programming group who can walk you through it.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> Thanks for the prompt reply Russ,
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>>>thanks,
>>>Ron

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