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Old June 1st, 2004, 10:16 PM
Roy
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I am using Windows 2000 Professional.

When I reply to a message the computer saves the e-mail address for me so that when I go to send a new message and I begin to type in the e-mail address, the system auto-completes the rest of the e-mail address for me. This is great.

However, when I double click on the the TO: I do not find that individual's e-mail address in the list of names. When I click on Address Book, I have 3 options. Outlook Address Book (which is empty) a subfolder under the Outlook Address Book called Contacts (this has all my old e-mail addresses) and Personal Address Book (which is also empty).

How can I find out where the system is storing the information. And how can I get the system to write the e-mail address of the recepient I reply to to my Contacts folder or my Outlook Address Book or my Personal Address Book.

Thanks.
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Old June 2nd, 2004, 12:05 AM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Your Outlook version would be of relevance here.
Not your operating system.

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"Roy" wrote in message
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I am using Windows 2000 Professional.

When I reply to a message the computer saves the e-mail address for me so

that when I go to send a new message and I begin to type in the e-mail
address, the system auto-completes the rest of the e-mail address for me.
This is great.

However, when I double click on the the TO: I do not find that

individual's e-mail address in the list of names. When I click on Address
Book, I have 3 options. Outlook Address Book (which is empty) a subfolder
under the Outlook Address Book called Contacts (this has all my old e-mail
addresses) and Personal Address Book (which is also empty).

How can I find out where the system is storing the information. And how

can I get the system to write the e-mail address of the recepient I reply to
to my Contacts folder or my Outlook Address Book or my Personal Address
Book.

Thanks.



  #3  
Old June 2nd, 2004, 12:56 AM
Roy
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Default Address Book

Sorry, I'm running Microsoft Outlook 2002 sp-2
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Old June 2nd, 2004, 01:01 AM
Roy
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I was able to find the file that the system saves all my e-mail addresses to. The system saves it to a file called Outlook.NK2.

The question is how do I direct my Address Book to look at that file.

The Persoanl Address Book only looks for file that have the extension (*.PAB).

The Outlook Address Book gives me the following error when I click on Properties. The Properties dialog box could not be displayed. An attempt was made to opne an unsupported property.
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Old June 2nd, 2004, 01:20 AM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Outlook has not used a PAB file for over 5 years. Are you, and if so, why?
You should be using the Outlook Address Book and your Contacts Folder.

The Autocompletion cache is completely independent from your Contacts
Folder. You cannot direct it to your Contacts Folder.

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Russ Valentine
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"Roy" wrote in message
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I was able to find the file that the system saves all my e-mail addresses

to. The system saves it to a file called Outlook.NK2.

The question is how do I direct my Address Book to look at that file.

The Persoanl Address Book only looks for file that have the extension

(*.PAB).

The Outlook Address Book gives me the following error when I click on

Properties. The Properties dialog box could not be displayed. An attempt
was made to opne an unsupported property.


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Old June 2nd, 2004, 01:36 AM
Roy
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I am not using PAB. I'm using Outlook Address Book and my Contacts Folder.

The only problem is when I reply to someone, shouldn't his e-mail address be added to my contacts folder automatically. This is not happening. Can you please tell me how can I make this happen.

Thanks.
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Old June 2nd, 2004, 02:09 AM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Then why did you say you were using a PAB?
I already told you that you can't make this happen. Autocompletion uses a
cache derived from messages you have already sent, not your Contacts Folder.
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Russ Valentine
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"Roy" wrote in message
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I am not using PAB. I'm using Outlook Address Book and my Contacts

Folder.

The only problem is when I reply to someone, shouldn't his e-mail address

be added to my contacts folder automatically. This is not happening. Can
you please tell me how can I make this happen.

Thanks.



  #8  
Old June 2nd, 2004, 04:01 AM
Roy
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The question is, when I reply to an e-mail message shouldn't the recepient's e-mail address be added to my contacts folder.

If the answere is yes, my e-mail program is not doing that. How can I get my e-mail program to do that?
  #9  
Old June 2nd, 2004, 05:36 AM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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No.
You can use code to do that if you want:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/autoaddrecip.htm
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Russ Valentine
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"Roy" wrote in message
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The question is, when I reply to an e-mail message shouldn't the

recepient's e-mail address be added to my contacts folder.

If the answere is yes, my e-mail program is not doing that. How can I get

my e-mail program to do that?


  #10  
Old June 2nd, 2004, 04:46 PM
Roy
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Default Address Book

So, I went to the URL.

I copied the Private Sub Application_ItemSend code to the ThisOutlookSession module under Project1.

I inserted a new Module and a new Class Module and copied the remainder of the code in each of those modules.

I downloaded the Redemption file and executed that file. I checked the SafeOutlookLibrary under Tools/References in Microsoft Visual Basic.

I then Compiled Project1 from the DeBug menu and closed and returned to Outlook from the File Menu.

After doing all of this, I replied to a message and sent a new message. But the recepient's e-mail address was not added to my Contact List.

Did I miss a step? Has anyone used this code successfully and can you detail for me the steps you took to install this code.

If I need to add a name uner Tools Macro what name should I add.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you Russ for all your help thus far.


----- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----

No.
You can use code to do that if you want:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/autoaddrecip.htm
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Russ Valentine
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"Roy" wrote in message
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The question is, when I reply to an e-mail message shouldn't the

recepient's e-mail address be added to my contacts folder.
If the answere is yes, my e-mail program is not doing that. How can I get

my e-mail program to do that?
 




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