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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Mail / May 2008Bad Addresses for TO:
Not sure how to name this but you know when you compose a new message, and start typing an address and the list that comes up with your contacts that you have written to before and you can pick one without typing the whole thing? In OE, Outlook, etc, you could highlight a bad address and click delete to remove it from the list. That doesn't function in Windows Mail. How can you edit this list? Anyone know? Thanks, Bob That's known as the auto-complete feature. To edit the auto-complete list (which is separate from your contacts): http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/264/1/Utility-to-clear-recently-used-email -addresses-in-Windows-Mail.html  SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail) > Not sure how to name this but you know when you compose a new message, and start typing an address and the list that comes up > with your contacts that you have written to before and you can pick one without typing the whole thing? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bob > Not sure how to name this but you know when you compose a new message, and > start typing an address and the list that comes up with your contacts that [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bob That list is part of the registry, and very hard to edit by hand. I think I've seen someone offer a program for editting it, though: <http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/264/1/Utility-to-clear-recently-used-email -addresses-in-Windows-Mail.html> That list only holds the last 29 addresses you sent messages to, so if you need a longer list, use the contacts list by starting a new message, not typing any part of the address, and clicking on To:. Thank you both for the info. Looks like MS really dropped it on this one. No, don't need longer list, it's just that a friend of mine just graduated? to Vista and ended up in WinMail versus OE and is thoroughly confused. I use Outlook myself. His issue is that he misspelled an address and it won't go away, because he keeps accidently selecting it. :-) Ain't no way, he is going to edit the registry, nor is he going to download an editing program to do this. We hoped that it was something as easy as it was in OE. He'll just have to be careful til it goes away. :-) Bob >> Not sure how to name this but you know when you compose a new message, >> and start typing an address and the list that comes up with your contacts [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > need a longer list, use the contacts list by starting a new message, not > typing any part of the address, and clicking on To:. You're welcome. The clicking on To: method also works if you don't need a longer list. He may want to try a slower method by sending messages to 29 addresses he wants on the list, then. > Thank you both for the info. Looks like MS really dropped it on this one. > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> need a longer list, use the contacts list by starting a new message, not >> typing any part of the address, and clicking on To:. To each his own, but I don't consider downloading a small utility program to be overly burdensome. SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail) > Thank you both for the info. Looks like MS really dropped it on this one. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> need a longer list, use the contacts list by starting a new message, not >> typing any part of the address, and clicking on To:. You don't know this guy. He is barely able to do e-mail period. :-) Bob > To each his own, but I don't consider downloading a small utility > program to be overly burdensome. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>> need a longer list, use the contacts list by starting a new message, not >>> typing any part of the address, and clicking on To:. I gave him the two options, and he chose to "deal with it". :-) But, I'm keeping the link to the editor in case I get the question again from someone who might want to use it. Thanks. Bob > To each his own, but I don't consider downloading a small utility > program to be overly burdensome. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>> need a longer list, use the contacts list by starting a new message, not >>> typing any part of the address, and clicking on To:. You're welcome, Bob. SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP >I gave him the two options, and he chose to "deal with it". :-) > But, I'm keeping the link to the editor in case I get the question again [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>>> not >>>> typing any part of the address, and clicking on To:. |
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