In Outlook Express I was able to start typing and e-mail address (e.g., gdu) and it would fill in the rest for me. Is this possible to do in Windows Mail and, if so, how do I set it up? -- Glenn T. Dulmage 207 Valley Road Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-5166
Hi Glenn Windows Mail has this feature, but it is a bit slow at first to lear all the addresses. It will work better as you go. Here's how to set it up in Windows Mail 1. Click Tools 2. Click Options 3. Click Send tab 4. Check "Automatically complete email addresses when composing 5. Click Ok 6. Close and reopen Windows Mail Shaw -- brin *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\") *Please post feedback to help others.*
This is known as the auto-complete feature. It doesn't work very well in Windows Mail. WM only remembers a maximum of the last 29 recipients you've sent mail to. The only way you can get this feature to work better is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail: http://get.live.com/en-us/betas/maildesktop_betas Gary VanderMolen
Windows Mail auto-fill feature does not work the same way as in Outlook Express. It will remember some last typed addresses and show you them as you type in a drop-down box, but that is NOT AUTO-FILL. In OE as you typed, the program would show you matching entries in reverse video. Windows Mail does not show you - you have to type at least 3 or 4 characters of the email address, then click the Tab or Return key. If there is a match, it will replace your typed entry with the entire email address (the friendly portion first and last name, and the email address). If it does not find an entry, click back on the characters you typed, and click the icon showing a person (it says Check under it if you have labels on). It will then show you the closest matching entries. I also use the contacts listing and the search bar. See Alphabetizing Contacts in this forum for lengthy discussion. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Dulmage" <> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 11:56 AM Subject: Auto-Fill Addresses
