His OE might be set to share the Outlook Contacts,

To share Contacts between Outlook and Outlook Express
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm


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Thanks, Ronald.

The wab file is empty. In fact the last modification of the file was
in 2004, which is why I thought there must be another file holding the
email addresses. Do you know of any other file the data might reside
in?

-Travis

On Feb 23, 5:28 am, "Ron Sommer" wrote:
Start, Run, wab /a
View, check Folders and Groups.http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm
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:I have a client who uses autocomplete when addressing his emails,
but
: his address book is empty. I think that there must be a cache file
: tracking incoming email addresses and building a list (like the
.nk2
: file in Outlook), but I can't find it. Does anyone know where this
: data is kept so that it can be moved with his OE mail to a new
: computer? Thanks.
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