[mso] Re: Two Outlook questions - is this the right place?
- From: "Andrew Kendon" <tyto2820@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:45:46 +0100
Ah! I should have read further before penning my own question ... thanks,
Dian ... exactly what I needed to know :)
Andrew Kendon
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dian D. Chapman
> Sent: 19 September 2005 18:08
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> Subject: [mso] Re: Two Outlook questions - is this the right place?
>
> (Geez...they'll let ANYONE in here!<smirk>)
>
> Hey Carolyn!
>
> Just to add to Linda's comments about deleting those mystery
> names...you mentioned that the names didn't seem to be in
> your contact. So here's two ideas to consider...
>
> 1) New people are added to a kind of virtual list that will
> appear if you recently sent sometime to them. So if they are
> not in your contacts, but say you type Dia (assuming you were
> writing to me)...and you get a pile of names starting with
> dia in the list, just hit the delete key right there and they
> will go away and not return unless you resent something to them.
>
> 2) You can rid yourself of this "feature" by clicking Tools >
> Options > Preferences > Email > Advanced Email Options and
> unchecking BOTH the Automatic Name Checking and Suggest names
> while completing To, CC...
>
> And DON'T ask me the difference between the two. They're very
> similar and Help doesn't tell me squat about which does what,
> exactly. So dump them both if you don't want this ability in
> the future. But it's easier to just delete the names you
> don't want to appear as suggested names when entering a name.
>
> However, also know that...say you start typing "dia" and you
> get a bunch of suggested names due to the people you recently
> sent to...you can just hit Ctrl + K and the names that will
> appear will ONLY be those in your actual contact list and not
> all the extra names.
>
>
> Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
> Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
> Editor/TechTrax Ezine
>
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