Aha. Yes, that would explain it. It's always the missing bits of information
that bite you.

I don't understand your question about CTRL-K. That's autoresolution
(Automatic Name Checking) which is only done when a message is being sent.
If you are asking how to check the validity of an email address, Outlook
does that automatically whenever you first create the Contact Record, so
there would be no need to do that for your existing Contacts. --
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rick McGinniss" wrote in message
...
I finally realized what the common link is ... these are "old messages"
that
I transferred over from outlook express (exported from OE into PST file)
that
I had not yet replied to. Actually, ALL of my old messages exhibit this
same
behavior. Anything I've received since converting to Outlook (last Friday)
works as it should (including the "adding contacts" feature). I read
somewhere in another of your posts that converting/importing/etc was a
little
tricky!

While I have your attention, I have another question about the CTRL-K
feature - is there a way to do all of the addresses at once instead of
waiting for each time I write an email?

Thanks for your help.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It does seem odd. I've never seen it reported. In what format are these
messages to which you can't reply received and what does their email
header
look like? To what type of information store are you trying to add these
addresses?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rick McGinniss" wrote in
message
...
Good article. That helps me understand. Once I have sent an email to a
person, Outlook will "autocomplete" thereafter.

Wish I knew what to do about the other issues ... It just seems odd
that
hitting "reply to" doesn't work in some cases.

Thanks for your help.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Can't reproduce your problem You seem to be mistaking autocompletion
for
autoresolution. Read about the difference:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rick McGinniss" wrote in
message
...
Outlook Address Book service is installed and working, so I tried to
document
more precisely what is happening.

** "REPLY TO" Problem **

Case 1: If the incoming email show the "from" field as
name@domain,
then
"reply to" works because name@domain is put into the "to" field
of
the
reply message.

Case 2: If the incoming email shows the "from" field as a person's
name
(like "Steve Smith") AND that person is already in my contact list,
then
"reply to" works.

Case 3: However, if the incoming email shows the "from" field as a
person's
name (like "Steve Smith") and that person is NOT already in my
contact
list
then "reply to" does not work because "Steve Smith" goes into the
"to"
field
and is not resolved into an email address. (The "check names" box
pops
up
when I hit send).

What's interesting about this case is that in the reply message area
the
system includes the original email text plus the header at the top:

From: Steve Smith [mailto:stevesmith@domain]

So, it "knows" the sender's address. It just doesn't use it.

*** ADDING SENDER TO CONTACTS problem ***

Sometimes, the right click on the "from" name shows the correct
context
choices and sometimes it does not. I can't figure out what the
common
denominator is. For example, shows it fine.
does not. Email from some people already on my
contacts
list
works, email from others does not.

*** Creating new email problem ***

This seems to be related to the first two problems. Sometimes, when
I
type
a
name from my contact list in the "to" field, it doesn't "resolve"
into
a
valid email address unless I hit ctrl K and then pick it from the
list.
Then, the next time it will work fine.

Shouldn't these resolve automatically?

Thanks

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I suspect you do not have the Outlook Address Book Service
installed
and
functioning correctly. See if you do. Method varies with Outlook
version,
which you did not post.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rick McGinniss" Rick wrote
in
message
news Is there some reason why the "add to address book" or "add to
contact
list"
would not appear when I open an email message and right click on
the
sender
name?

Related to this (I think) ... if I hit reply and try to send a
message
back,
it can't resolve the address of the sender, i.e., the email
address
is
not
automatically determined.

FYI ... I'm a new user migrating from Outlook Express.

Thanks