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Mike Matheny - 17 Sep 2004 22:59 GMT

even though I have my contacts listed as an address book? Only way it
continues on to the contacts list is if it doesn't find a match in the GAL.
Say I type in smith - well, it finds all the smiths in the GAL, but never
even bothers to search the other locations I have told it to. This is very
anti-productive!

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Sep 2004 15:16 GMT

For performance reasons, Outlook searches address lists sequentially and
stops searching after it finds a match. If you tell us your version of
Outlook, we can tell you how to make your personal Contacts folder the list
that OUtlook searches first.

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> even though I have my contacts listed as an address book? Only way it
> continues on to the contacts list is if it doesn't find a match in the
> GAL.
> Say I type in smith - well, it finds all the smiths in the GAL, but never
> even bothers to search the other locations I have told it to. This is very
> anti-productive!

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Mike Matheny - 24 Sep 2004 16:34 GMT

I know how to change the search order. Just wish it would continue and give
ALL the matches in the search list!

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> For performance reasons, Outlook searches address lists sequentially and
> stops searching after it finds a match. If you tell us your version of
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>> very
>> anti-productive!

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