Spam email addresses secretly showing up in address list - Can't delete

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Kobzackra

Hi I need some help.

I am getting tonnes of spam email even though I have the spam setting at
the highest!

I noticed that when I address an email that the smart auto fill displays email
addresses I didn't know I had AND they are SPAM email addresses.
I search the address book and they aren't there, BUT when I go to the
address field of a new email and start to type they show up.

I have deduced that somehow spammers have figured out how to get their
address into my address book so that they skip the Entourage spam
mechanisms and get through BUT I can't find out how to delete them and
prevent it from happening.

Please help, this stinks!

Kozackra
 
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Barry Wainwright

Hi I need some help.

I am getting tonnes of spam email even though I have the spam setting at
the highest!

I noticed that when I address an email that the smart auto fill displays email
addresses I didn't know I had AND they are SPAM email addresses.
I search the address book and they aren't there, BUT when I go to the
address field of a new email and start to type they show up.

I have deduced that somehow spammers have figured out how to get their
address into my address book so that they skip the Entourage spam
mechanisms and get through BUT I can't find out how to delete them and
prevent it from happening.

Please help, this stinks!

Kozackra
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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 when a message
is viewed 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.
 
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Dave Cortright

Hi I need some help.

I am getting tonnes of spam email even though I have the spam setting at
the highest!

I noticed that when I address an email that the smart auto fill displays email
addresses I didn't know I had AND they are SPAM email addresses.
I search the address book and they aren't there, BUT when I go to the
address field of a new email and start to type they show up.

I have deduced that somehow spammers have figured out how to get their
address into my address book so that they skip the Entourage spam
mechanisms and get through BUT I can't find out how to delete them and
prevent it from happening.

Please help, this stinks!

Kozackra
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Preferences:Compose and uncheck "Display a list of recently used addresses".
 
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