Turn off automatic contact adding when sending an email

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dcgunter - 29 Sep 2005 13:47 GMT

How do I prevent Outlook from adding new contacts to my contacts folder every
time I email someone who is not already in my contacts folder? In other
words, if I email someone for whom I dont' have a contact entry, their entry
automatically shows up and I want to stop this. Thanks.

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 29 Sep 2005 14:24 GMT

I think that option is in the Tools menu > Options > Email dialog

> How do I prevent Outlook from adding new contacts to my contacts folder
> every
> time I email someone who is not already in my contacts folder? In other
> words, if I email someone for whom I dont' have a contact entry, their
> entry
> automatically shows up and I want to stop this. Thanks.

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dcgunter - 29 Sep 2005 14:35 GMT

That reply didn't help so much, but thanks for the attempt. I'm using
Outlook 2000 and there's no such tab under Options/Tools.

> How do I prevent Outlook from adding new contacts to my contacts folder every
> time I email someone who is not already in my contacts folder? In other
> words, if I email someone for whom I dont' have a contact entry, their entry
> automatically shows up and I want to stop this. Thanks.

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Noel All - 29 Sep 2005 15:32 GMT

Its the other way around Tools || Options || Email Options (and then it
might be on that page or on the Advanced Email Options page) like Vince its
been a long time since 2000

> That reply didn't help so much, but thanks for the attempt. I'm using
> Outlook 2000 and there's no such tab under Options/Tools.
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>> entry
>> automatically shows up and I want to stop this. Thanks.

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