"auto-add" address/contact feature

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Fred - 07 Oct 2005 20:57 GMT

How do I turn off the "auto-add" address/contact feature? I have too many
one-time addressees. My contacts list is overflowing with names and addresses
I'll never use again.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 07 Oct 2005 21:17 GMT

ARe you using Outlook 2000 Internet Mail Only? If yes, then go to
tools->options->email options->advanced (doing this from memory) and uncheck
the option to add people you reply to your contacts.

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After furious head scratching, Fred asked:

| How do I turn off the "auto-add" address/contact feature? I have too
| many one-time addressees. My contacts list is overflowing with names
| and addresses I'll never use again.

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Fred - 07 Oct 2005 21:35 GMT

Thanks for the reply...I should have added that I am a new user to Outlook
2003.

So, it's the auto add feature in 2003 Outlook that I want to disable.

> ARe you using Outlook 2000 Internet Mail Only? If yes, then go to
> tools->options->email options->advanced (doing this from memory) and uncheck
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> | many one-time addressees. My contacts list is overflowing with names
> | and addresses I'll never use again.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 07 Oct 2005 22:28 GMT

No such feature exists. Explain what makes you think it does. Outlook 2000
IMO was the only version that had such a feature.

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> Thanks for the reply...I should have added that I am a new user to Outlook
> 2003.
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>> | many one-time addressees. My contacts list is overflowing with names
>> | and addresses I'll never use again.

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Randy - 08 Oct 2005 09:01 GMT

Fred,

Perhaps you referring to the autocomplete function of OL 2003. If so, you
can highlight the individual entry that appears when you begin typing a name
into the To: field and press the delete key. Repeat this process for all
unwanted entries.

If you're looking for a commerical product that will let you manage the
autocomplete file, we wrote one at www.ingressor.com

Randy

> How do I turn off the "auto-add" address/contact feature? I have too many
> one-time addressees. My contacts list is overflowing with names and
> addresses
> I'll never use again.

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