Entourage and Unknown E-mail Addresses

S

Sunspotter

A lot of e-mail addresses I don't know have crept into Entourage, probably
from spam. They pop up as alternates
when I start to type in an address. How do I get rid of them?
 
M

Mickey Stevens

You can delete them by going to Entourage > Preferences, and then, under
"Mail & News Preferences", clicking "Compose". Then, under "Recent
Addresses", you can click the option to "Clear List". Note that addresses
in your address book will still appear when you address new messages.

You can read more about this feature here:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/glossary/mru.html>
 
B

Barry Wainwright [MVP]

A lot of e-mail addresses I don't know have crept into Entourage, probably
from spam. They pop up as alternates
when I start to type in an address. How do I get rid of them?
Click to expand...
In Entourage X and 2004 there is an option in the preferences to clear this
address Cache (Mail & News prefs; Compose tab). You can also (in the same
place) turn off the display of these addresses (but still keep the Œauto
complete¹ of names in your address book).

In both Entourage v9 and in vX individual items can be removed by adding an
entry to the address book that EXACTLY matches the rogue entry in the
history list and then deleting it.

In entourage 2004, hitting the 'junk' button in the toolbar will remove the
address of that message from the cache as well.


Alternatively, just wait a few days/weeks. The remembered addresses are
prioritised by age & frequency and the list is limited to a maximum of 200,
so eventually your mistakes will fall out at the bottom.
 
W

wwilson7

Thanks very much. That got rid of the alien addresses. I now clear the
list whenever I get spam.
 
D

Diane Ross

Thanks very much. That got rid of the alien addresses. I now clear the
list whenever I get spam.
Click to expand...

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

We would all go nuts if the Most Recently Used added junk mail.

See Dealing with Junk Mail

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/junk/index.html>

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
The Entourage Blog lists the EHP as one of the top five Microsoft Entourage
resources.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>
 
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