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| Thread ID: 23162 | 2002-08-08 23:46:00 | Outlook Express in XP Home Question | Lohsing (219) | Press F1 |
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| 69535 | 2002-08-08 23:46:00 | How do I turn off the auto-add to address book feature in Outlook Express? Like I get names appearing once I receive emails from them... Is there a way to disable this? Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 69536 | 2002-08-08 23:49:00 | Lohsing, Is this what you are refering to? In Outlook Express, on the Tools menu, click Options. On the Send tab, select the Automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book check box. In other words UNCHECK that particular box Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 69537 | 2002-08-09 00:08:00 | Yeah I think so... it's actually my gf's computer which has the prob.. .the way she described it to me, it sounded as if the address book automatically added ppl's emails in when the email was received and not replied to... I'm not sure if she was 100% sure about the received vs replied thing, but thought it could've been an XP thing? Anyway, have passed on the info to her, and if it's not right, I'll let you guys know! Cheers, Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 69538 | 2002-08-09 00:13:00 | Ok, just got an email from gf saying she has seen that option, and unchecked the box, but that it was definitely addresses going directly into her address book once an email was received and not when it was replied to... Any suggestions?? | Lohsing (219) | ||
| 69539 | 2002-08-09 00:46:00 | Lohsing, Still checking... Another thing to check is whether there are any Mail Rules set up see Tools | Message Rules | Mail. I'm also looking at the possibility of the "Add Sender to Address Book" option being somehow set permanently on (it's a RightClick option on a message or Tools option). I'll check the registry also. Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 69540 | 2002-08-09 02:10:00 | Lohsing, I couldn't find anything more about the issue excpet regarding digital id/signatures... see "In either Outlook or Outlook Express, when you receive a digitally signed message, the digital signature of the sender is automatically added to your address book unless you've turned off that feature. Here's how to re-enable it in Outlook Express:" 1. In Outlook Express, choose Tools Options. 2. Click the Security tab, then click Advanced. 3. Select "Add sender's certificates to my address book," then click OK. Click OK again to close the property sheet. In other words you could disable this feature (not recommended) if you wish. Now someone else on PressF1 may be able to shed some light on this (maybe Godfather?) I'm still assuming that this is a 'standard' setup of OE v6 on WinXP Home and no other e-mail addins etc. Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 69541 | 2002-08-09 02:17:00 | Godfather cannot stand Outlook Express, and uses Eudora which is cleaner, simpler and easy to set up. No1 reason is that it is seldom targeted by virii. So he cannot be of help.....B-) |
godfather (25) | ||
| 69542 | 2002-08-09 02:22:00 | ok thanks Godfather maybe someone may have some theory.. I've just setup an OE environment on XP home to test out... so will see. Cheers, Babe, |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 69543 | 2002-08-09 02:24:00 | But I wonder if they are in the "address book" or are being generated by "autocomplete" when typing in a new address or replying. To turn off autocomplete: TOOLS > OPTIONS > SEND > UNCHECK "AUTOMATICALLY COMPLETE E-MAIL ADDRESSES WHEN COMPOSING" |
godfather (25) | ||
| 69544 | 2002-08-09 03:37:00 | Lohsing, After testing (set up another XP system with IE6/OE6 and all patches for XP etc) and trying various options; I can't duplicate your problem. I'm still puzzled tho and if time permits may do another series of searches on webcrawler tonight. Babe.?:| |
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