Address completion problem

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Bo Boivie

Since I upgraded to the latest Entourage 2004 version I've noted that the
address completion when composing a new e-mail doesn't work as I expect.

When I start typing a name in the "to" field, the address completion only
finds addresses on our company LDAP server. It does not find names in my
local address book. In order to get them I need to click the little address
book icon and use the expanded address pane to search for the relevant
contact.

Is there a setting somewhere to make Entourage search in my address book?

Thanks,

Bo
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Since I upgraded to the latest Entourage 2004 version I've noted that the
address completion when composing a new e-mail doesn't work as I expect.

When I start typing a name in the "to" field, the address completion only
finds addresses on our company LDAP server. It does not find names in my
local address book. In order to get them I need to click the little address
book icon and use the expanded address pane to search for the relevant
contact.

Is there a setting somewhere to make Entourage search in my address book?

Thanks,

Bo
Click to expand...

It should be searching the address book as well. Try running this script to
'touch' each contact in the local address book:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
repeat with aContact in (every contact of address book 1)
open aContact
close window 1
end repeat
end tell

Does that solve the problem?
 
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Bo Boivie

Unfortunately the script crashes Entourage. I think it¹s the ³every contact
of...² statement that causes the crash. I have about 680 contacts in my
address book.

Bo
 
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Bo Boivie

A verification check of my database showed that it was damaged. After a
rebuild I have the functionality back. Everything works now!

Bo
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Great :)

Thanks for letting us know your problem was fixed.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
<http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html>



From: Bo Boivie <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:44:55 +0200
Conversation: Address completion problem
Subject: Re: Address completion problem

A verification check of my database showed that it was damaged. After a
rebuild I have the functionality back. Everything works now!

Bo
 
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