Deleting email addresses from Entourage 2001

[Perr]

I'm running Entourage 2001 (Mac).

When I begin to type in an email address for a new message (to
(e-mail address removed) for example), Entourage helps out by listing all the
email addresses I've ever sent messages to that begin with "j", then
"js", and so on, as I'm typing it in. It's generally very helpful,
but....

HOW do I edit this feature so I can delete incorrect or inactive email
addresses? I have dead email addresses from two years ago that "get
in the way" when Entourage kicks in to this feature.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

Perr

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Perr,

See here: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/faqs.html#Anchor-10>

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Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.html>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

 

[Diane Ross]

HOW do I edit this feature so I can delete incorrect or inactive email
addresses? I have dead email addresses from two years ago that "get
in the way" when Entourage kicks in to this feature.

This is the Most Recently Used (MRU) list.

Entourage X : To clear ALL there is a preference in Mail & Compose:
Clear List button. There is also an option in the prefs to disable this
feature all together.

Entourage 2001 : There is no Clear List button.

Both versions: To clear a single address , add it exactly like the one that
is remembered to your address book and mark it as Junk (or assign category
Junk). You can just delete the address, but if you receive it again it will
just be added back. Marking as junk will permanently remove it.

The "Most Recently Used" (MRU) is often misunderstood. These entries are
harmless. They never show up in your Address Book, only in the auto-fill
list. Also, Entourage automatically selects the address you will most likely
want to send to based on the text you've already typed.

Any message marked as Junk (either by you or the Junk Mail Filter) will not
be added to the MRU list.

Entourage¹s Address AutoComplete feature gathers addresses from both the
address book and the recently-used list (with a maximum of 200 entries).
They are sorted intelligently, organized by the frequency of messaging for
each contact, with the most-used contacts showing up on top.

There will always be 200. Some will always be considered "useless" by the
user. The better organized you are at adding "good" addresses to you address
book the more you will enjoy the MRU feature.


Tip: Use the nickname when you have several contacts that have similar
names. This name is not seen in the email.