I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected in the
options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right clicked
on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in each
case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in my
address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses get into
my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest addresses
into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.

Start, Run, wab /a
View, check Folders and Groups.
Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
: everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected in
the
: options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right
clicked
: on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in each
: case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in my
: address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses get
into
: my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest addresses
: into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
:
:

No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I sent
yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in the
address book.


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Start, Run, wab /a
View, check Folders and Groups.
Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
: everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected in
the
: options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right
clicked
: on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in
each
: case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in my
: address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses get
into
: my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest addresses
: into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
:
:

Hi sdavies6,

The WAB has the capability hiding addresses that are tied to another
identity. If this does not seem likely it may be corrupt. The addresses
might be revealed by exporting the address book as a comma-separated values
file from the OE Tools menu (not from the address book itself). This is
special format text file that can be opened in Notepad or Excel to view the
entries. If the 'missing' addresses are present the list could be edited to
leave only the 'missing' entries and then they could be imported into the
current address book, or a new WAB file could be created for the purpose of
rebuilding the file.

Whatever the course of action it would be of interest to know if the hidden
addresses are exported. This is also a good way to backup the address book
entries. Note that all addresses are exported to one list and groups/folders
are lost.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I sent
yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in the
address book.


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Start, Run, wab /a
View, check Folders and Groups.
Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
: everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected in
the
: options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right
clicked
: on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in
each
: case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in my
: address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses get
into
: my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest addresses
: into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
:
:

I do have two identities, the main one, from my ISP, and my website
email/identity. The emails were sent out from the website email. While
this may be the culprit, I'm not sure, it doesn't explain why there are
quite a number of other addresses which are in my addres book. These were
sent using my second identity. It may be possible that they only appeared
after I replied to a message, I'm not sure.

When I looked for my default folder, I couldn't find it. The dialogue box
sent me to a Docs & Settings/administrator, local/ideities/(various numbers
and letters)/ microsoft/OE6, etc. However, there doesn't seem to be a
folder after the various numbers and letters folder. Something is screwed
up here, and it may have happened months ago when I set up the second
identity.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi sdavies6,

The WAB has the capability hiding addresses that are tied to another
identity. If this does not seem likely it may be corrupt. The addresses
might be revealed by exporting the address book as a comma-separated
values
file from the OE Tools menu (not from the address book itself). This is
special format text file that can be opened in Notepad or Excel to view
the
entries. If the 'missing' addresses are present the list could be edited
to
leave only the 'missing' entries and then they could be imported into the
current address book, or a new WAB file could be created for the purpose
of
rebuilding the file.

Whatever the course of action it would be of interest to know if the
hidden
addresses are exported. This is also a good way to backup the address book
entries. Note that all addresses are exported to one list and
groups/folders
are lost.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I
sent
yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in the
address book.


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Start, Run, wab /a
View, check Folders and Groups.
Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
: everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected
in
the
: options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right
clicked
: on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in
each
: case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in my
: address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses get
into
: my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest
addresses
: into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
:
:

There isn't a folder. The folder pertinent to each identity for the current
user is the folder after Identities.
There is a unique Identity per email-user you setup as an identity for the
current logged in user.

Under the OE6 folder are all the support files for that identity. These are
normally *.dbx files.

The Folders.dbx file keeps track of all folders in the OE tree (Inbox,
Outbox, ... and subsequent folders you have created).
Each folder has it's own .dbx file.
The POP3UIDL.dbx keeps track of messages downloaded from the ISP. If you
ever have to rebuild your OE folders AND you haven't deleted messages on
your ISP mail server, deleting this file and associated folder files (NOT
FOLDERS.DBX), will cause everything to be downloaded again and placed in the
associated folder.

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
I do have two identities, the main one, from my ISP, and my website
email/identity. The emails were sent out from the website email. While
this may be the culprit, I'm not sure, it doesn't explain why there are
quite a number of other addresses which are in my addres book. These were
sent using my second identity. It may be possible that they only appeared
after I replied to a message, I'm not sure.

When I looked for my default folder, I couldn't find it. The dialogue box
sent me to a Docs & Settings/administrator, local/ideities/(various
numbers and letters)/ microsoft/OE6, etc. However, there doesn't seem to
be a folder after the various numbers and letters folder. Something is
screwed up here, and it may have happened months ago when I set up the
second identity.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi sdavies6,

The WAB has the capability hiding addresses that are tied to another
identity. If this does not seem likely it may be corrupt. The addresses
might be revealed by exporting the address book as a comma-separated
values
file from the OE Tools menu (not from the address book itself). This is
special format text file that can be opened in Notepad or Excel to view
the
entries. If the 'missing' addresses are present the list could be edited
to
leave only the 'missing' entries and then they could be imported into the
current address book, or a new WAB file could be created for the purpose
of
rebuilding the file.

Whatever the course of action it would be of interest to know if the
hidden
addresses are exported. This is also a good way to backup the address
book
entries. Note that all addresses are exported to one list and
groups/folders
are lost.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I
sent
yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in the
address book.


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Start, Run, wab /a
View, check Folders and Groups.
Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
: everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected
in
the
: options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right
clicked
: on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in
each
: case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in my
: address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses
get
into
: my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest
addresses
: into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
:
:

OK! So, how does this knowledge help me find out where my addresses are
going, and why I can't seem to add them directly from sent mail?


"NewScience" wrote in message
...
There isn't a folder. The folder pertinent to each identity for the
current user is the folder after Identities.
There is a unique Identity per email-user you setup as an identity for the
current logged in user.

Under the OE6 folder are all the support files for that identity. These
are normally *.dbx files.

The Folders.dbx file keeps track of all folders in the OE tree (Inbox,
Outbox, ... and subsequent folders you have created).
Each folder has it's own .dbx file.
The POP3UIDL.dbx keeps track of messages downloaded from the ISP. If you
ever have to rebuild your OE folders AND you haven't deleted messages on
your ISP mail server, deleting this file and associated folder files (NOT
FOLDERS.DBX), will cause everything to be downloaded again and placed in
the associated folder.

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
I do have two identities, the main one, from my ISP, and my website
email/identity. The emails were sent out from the website email. While
this may be the culprit, I'm not sure, it doesn't explain why there are
quite a number of other addresses which are in my addres book. These were
sent using my second identity. It may be possible that they only appeared
after I replied to a message, I'm not sure.

When I looked for my default folder, I couldn't find it. The dialogue
box sent me to a Docs & Settings/administrator, local/ideities/(various
numbers and letters)/ microsoft/OE6, etc. However, there doesn't seem
to be a folder after the various numbers and letters folder. Something
is screwed up here, and it may have happened months ago when I set up the
second identity.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi sdavies6,

The WAB has the capability hiding addresses that are tied to another
identity. If this does not seem likely it may be corrupt. The addresses
might be revealed by exporting the address book as a comma-separated
values
file from the OE Tools menu (not from the address book itself). This is
special format text file that can be opened in Notepad or Excel to view
the
entries. If the 'missing' addresses are present the list could be edited
to
leave only the 'missing' entries and then they could be imported into
the
current address book, or a new WAB file could be created for the purpose
of
rebuilding the file.

Whatever the course of action it would be of interest to know if the
hidden
addresses are exported. This is also a good way to backup the address
book
entries. Note that all addresses are exported to one list and
groups/folders
are lost.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I
sent
yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in
the
address book.


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Start, Run, wab /a
View, check Folders and Groups.
Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
: everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected
in
the
: options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right
clicked
: on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in
each
: case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in
my
: address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses
get
into
: my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest
addresses
: into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
:
:

The Address Book wab file is not stored with the OE dbx files.
The dbx files are hidden files which is why you didn't find them.

Open the Address Book, Help, About Address Book, will show the location of
the wab file.
My guess is
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\Administrator.wab

When you ran wab /a you should have had three folders:
Shared Contacts, and one for each Identity.
One of the three folders must have the addresses.
If you open the Address Book from OE, make sure Folders and Groups is
checked under View.
Shared Contacts and the current Identity folder should be visible.
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I do have two identities, the main one, from my ISP, and my website
: email/identity. The emails were sent out from the website email. While
: this may be the culprit, I'm not sure, it doesn't explain why there are
: quite a number of other addresses which are in my addres book. These were
: sent using my second identity. It may be possible that they only appeared
: after I replied to a message, I'm not sure.
:
: When I looked for my default folder, I couldn't find it. The dialogue box
: sent me to a Docs & Settings/administrator, local/ideities/(various
numbers
: and letters)/ microsoft/OE6, etc. However, there doesn't seem to be a
: folder after the various numbers and letters folder. Something is screwed
: up here, and it may have happened months ago when I set up the second
: identity.
:
:
:
: "Kuay Tim" wrote in message
: ...
: Hi sdavies6,
:
: The WAB has the capability hiding addresses that are tied to another
: identity. If this does not seem likely it may be corrupt. The addresses
: might be revealed by exporting the address book as a comma-separated
: values
: file from the OE Tools menu (not from the address book itself). This is
: special format text file that can be opened in Notepad or Excel to view
: the
: entries. If the 'missing' addresses are present the list could be edited
: to
: leave only the 'missing' entries and then they could be imported into
the
: current address book, or a new WAB file could be created for the purpose
: of
: rebuilding the file.
:
: Whatever the course of action it would be of interest to know if the
: hidden
: addresses are exported. This is also a good way to backup the address
book
: entries. Note that all addresses are exported to one list and
: groups/folders
: are lost.
:
: More Information
: http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm
:
: --
: Tim K.
: aka Kuay Tim
: MS-MVP - Outlook Express
: Lynnwood, WA
: *
: "sdavies6" wrote in message
: ...
: No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I
: sent
: yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in
the
: address book.
:
:
: "Ron Sommer" wrote in message
: ...
: Start, Run, wab /a
: View, check Folders and Groups.
: Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
: --
: Ron Sommer
:
: "sdavies6" wrote in message
: ...
: :I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly thought
: : everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: : apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option selected
: in
: the
: : options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and right
: clicked
: : on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and in
: each
: : case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in
my
: : address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses
get
: into
: : my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest
: addresses
: : into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
: :
: :
:
:
:
:
:
:

When I opened the wab /a from run, I only had two folders; shared and main
identity. So, it appears as if I am missing the third folder, the one for
my web site mail account. What now?

Thanks
Steven


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
The Address Book wab file is not stored with the OE dbx files.
The dbx files are hidden files which is why you didn't find them.

Open the Address Book, Help, About Address Book, will show the location of
the wab file.
My guess is
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\Administrator.wab

When you ran wab /a you should have had three folders:
Shared Contacts, and one for each Identity.
One of the three folders must have the addresses.
If you open the Address Book from OE, make sure Folders and Groups is
checked under View.
Shared Contacts and the current Identity folder should be visible.
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I do have two identities, the main one, from my ISP, and my website
: email/identity. The emails were sent out from the website email. While
: this may be the culprit, I'm not sure, it doesn't explain why there are
: quite a number of other addresses which are in my addres book. These
were
: sent using my second identity. It may be possible that they only
appeared
: after I replied to a message, I'm not sure.
:
: When I looked for my default folder, I couldn't find it. The dialogue
box
: sent me to a Docs & Settings/administrator, local/ideities/(various
numbers
: and letters)/ microsoft/OE6, etc. However, there doesn't seem to be a
: folder after the various numbers and letters folder. Something is
screwed
: up here, and it may have happened months ago when I set up the second
: identity.
:
:
:
: "Kuay Tim" wrote in message
: ...
: Hi sdavies6,
:
: The WAB has the capability hiding addresses that are tied to another
: identity. If this does not seem likely it may be corrupt. The
addresses
: might be revealed by exporting the address book as a comma-separated
: values
: file from the OE Tools menu (not from the address book itself). This
is
: special format text file that can be opened in Notepad or Excel to
view
: the
: entries. If the 'missing' addresses are present the list could be
edited
: to
: leave only the 'missing' entries and then they could be imported into
the
: current address book, or a new WAB file could be created for the
purpose
: of
: rebuilding the file.
:
: Whatever the course of action it would be of interest to know if the
: hidden
: addresses are exported. This is also a good way to backup the address
book
: entries. Note that all addresses are exported to one list and
: groups/folders
: are lost.
:
: More Information
: http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm
:
: --
: Tim K.
: aka Kuay Tim
: MS-MVP - Outlook Express
: Lynnwood, WA
: *
: "sdavies6" wrote in message
: ...
: No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I
: sent
: yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in
the
: address book.
:
:
: "Ron Sommer" wrote in message
: ...
: Start, Run, wab /a
: View, check Folders and Groups.
: Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
: --
: Ron Sommer
:
: "sdavies6" wrote in message
: ...
: :I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly
thought
: : everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: : apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option
selected
: in
: the
: : options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and
right
: clicked
: : on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and
in
: each
: : case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in
my
: : address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses
get
: into
: : my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest
: addresses
: : into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
: :
: :
:
:
:
:
:
:

I found the wab file in the location you suggested. There are two of them;
one, a wab file; and, the other a wab~ file.


"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
The Address Book wab file is not stored with the OE dbx files.
The dbx files are hidden files which is why you didn't find them.

Open the Address Book, Help, About Address Book, will show the location of
the wab file.
My guess is
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\Administrator.wab

When you ran wab /a you should have had three folders:
Shared Contacts, and one for each Identity.
One of the three folders must have the addresses.
If you open the Address Book from OE, make sure Folders and Groups is
checked under View.
Shared Contacts and the current Identity folder should be visible.
--
Ron Sommer

"sdavies6" wrote in message
...
:I do have two identities, the main one, from my ISP, and my website
: email/identity. The emails were sent out from the website email. While
: this may be the culprit, I'm not sure, it doesn't explain why there are
: quite a number of other addresses which are in my addres book. These
were
: sent using my second identity. It may be possible that they only
appeared
: after I replied to a message, I'm not sure.
:
: When I looked for my default folder, I couldn't find it. The dialogue
box
: sent me to a Docs & Settings/administrator, local/ideities/(various
numbers
: and letters)/ microsoft/OE6, etc. However, there doesn't seem to be a
: folder after the various numbers and letters folder. Something is
screwed
: up here, and it may have happened months ago when I set up the second
: identity.
:
:
:
: "Kuay Tim" wrote in message
: ...
: Hi sdavies6,
:
: The WAB has the capability hiding addresses that are tied to another
: identity. If this does not seem likely it may be corrupt. The
addresses
: might be revealed by exporting the address book as a comma-separated
: values
: file from the OE Tools menu (not from the address book itself). This
is
: special format text file that can be opened in Notepad or Excel to
view
: the
: entries. If the 'missing' addresses are present the list could be
edited
: to
: leave only the 'missing' entries and then they could be imported into
the
: current address book, or a new WAB file could be created for the
purpose
: of
: rebuilding the file.
:
: Whatever the course of action it would be of interest to know if the
: hidden
: addresses are exported. This is also a good way to backup the address
book
: entries. Note that all addresses are exported to one list and
: groups/folders
: are lost.
:
: More Information
: http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm
:
: --
: Tim K.
: aka Kuay Tim
: MS-MVP - Outlook Express
: Lynnwood, WA
: *
: "sdavies6" wrote in message
: ...
: No, it has my old addresses, but none of the addresses of the emails I
: sent
: yesterday, and I still get the message that the address is already in
the
: address book.
:
:
: "Ron Sommer" wrote in message
: ...
: Start, Run, wab /a
: View, check Folders and Groups.
: Does one of the folders contain the addresses?
: --
: Ron Sommer
:
: "sdavies6" wrote in message
: ...
: :I just sent 30 different emails to new contacts. I mistakenly
thought
: : everyone I send to gets automatically put into my address book, but
: : apparantly, it is only those I reply to ( I have that option
selected
: in
: the
: : options tab) . So, I went to each email in my sent folder and
right
: clicked
: : on the address. I selected the "add to address book" option, and
in
: each
: : case a dialogue box opened up which said the address was already in
my
: : address book. However, I can't find it. So, why do some addresses
get
: into
: : my book and others not, and how do I find and put these latest
: addresses
: : into the book? I am using Windows XP and OE 6.
: :
: :
:
:
:
:
:
: