I don't understand the relationship between the email addresses I type, and
which come up in the 'To' field, and my contacts list. How do I get the
email addresses I type to be included in my contacts?

Pretty vague post you made here. We don't even know your Outlook version.
There is no relationship whatsoever between your autocompletion cache and
your Contacts Folder, if that's what you're asking. The autocompletion cache
is simply a list of the recipients to whom you have sent messages. If you
want the email addresses that you manually type into the To: field to be
included in your Contacts Folder, then create a Contact Record for that
recipient.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Walt G" wrote in message
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I don't understand the relationship between the email addresses I type, and
which come up in the 'To' field, and my contacts list. How do I get the
email addresses I type to be included in my contacts?

"Walt G" wrote in message
...
I don't understand the relationship between the email addresses I type, and
which come up in the 'To' field, and my contacts list. How do I get the
email addresses I type to be included in my contacts?

Walt,

Let's just say the relationship isn't very much. :-) The first time you
manually type an address (for which there is no contact entry) in the 'To'
field, you must correctly type the full e-mail address. Thereafter,
Outlook's auto-completion cache will offer to "complete" the address when
you begin typing it into a recipient (To, Cc, Bcc) field, until the cache
entry is deleted or overwritten.
For a contact, you can type part of the person's name or (the first) part of
an e-mail address. If the part of the name you entered is unique, Outlook
will automatically select the contact for you. Otherwise, a red squiggly
line will appear beneath the name you entered. Right-click the text you
entered and a list of possible matches appears. For example, let's say you
have Bob Brown and Bob Smith in your contacts. If you type Bob in a
recipient field, Outlook can't determine which Bob you're referring to, so
it will underline the text "Bob" with a red squiggly after you tab out of
the recipient field. If you frequently send e-mail to both Bobs, you could
make a habit of typing a significant part of the correct recipient. If you
want to send e-mail to Bob Smith, a significant (unique) part of the name
would be "Bob S". For some reason, my test of Outlook 2003 didn't consider
"Bob B" significant, but it did "Bob Br".
MAPILab's Add Contacts product is a plugin that allows you to automatically
create contacts when you send new e-mail or reply to e-mail. It's not free,
but at $15 it may be worth trying.
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/add_c...rketplace.html

Disclaimer: I'm not in any way affiliated with MAPILab.

Hope that's helpful,

Ronald Nissley

You are failing to make an accurate distinction between autocompletion and
autoresolution. The two features are completely separate.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Ronald Nissley" wrote in message
news:eMEFi.1189$Af1.623@trnddc06...
"Walt G" wrote in message
...
I don't understand the relationship between the email addresses I type,
and which come up in the 'To' field, and my contacts list. How do I get
the email addresses I type to be included in my contacts?

Walt,

Let's just say the relationship isn't very much. :-) The first time you
manually type an address (for which there is no contact entry) in the 'To'
field, you must correctly type the full e-mail address. Thereafter,
Outlook's auto-completion cache will offer to "complete" the address when
you begin typing it into a recipient (To, Cc, Bcc) field, until the cache
entry is deleted or overwritten.
For a contact, you can type part of the person's name or (the first) part
of an e-mail address. If the part of the name you entered is unique,
Outlook will automatically select the contact for you. Otherwise, a red
squiggly line will appear beneath the name you entered. Right-click the
text you entered and a list of possible matches appears. For example,
let's say you have Bob Brown and Bob Smith in your contacts. If you type
Bob in a recipient field, Outlook can't determine which Bob you're
referring to, so it will underline the text "Bob" with a red squiggly
after you tab out of the recipient field. If you frequently send e-mail to
both Bobs, you could make a habit of typing a significant part of the
correct recipient. If you want to send e-mail to Bob Smith, a significant
(unique) part of the name would be "Bob S". For some reason, my test of
Outlook 2003 didn't consider "Bob B" significant, but it did "Bob Br".
MAPILab's Add Contacts product is a plugin that allows you to
automatically create contacts when you send new e-mail or reply to e-mail.
It's not free, but at $15 it may be worth trying.
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/add_c...rketplace.html

Disclaimer: I'm not in any way affiliated with MAPILab.

Hope that's helpful,

Ronald Nissley

Thanks guys, sorry I was vague in my post. Trying the add-in now.

"Ronald Nissley" wrote in message
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"Walt G" wrote in message
...
I don't understand the relationship between the email addresses I type,
and which come up in the 'To' field, and my contacts list. How do I get
the email addresses I type to be included in my contacts?

Walt,

Let's just say the relationship isn't very much. :-) The first time you
manually type an address (for which there is no contact entry) in the 'To'
field, you must correctly type the full e-mail address. Thereafter,
Outlook's auto-completion cache will offer to "complete" the address when
you begin typing it into a recipient (To, Cc, Bcc) field, until the cache
entry is deleted or overwritten.
For a contact, you can type part of the person's name or (the first) part
of an e-mail address. If the part of the name you entered is unique,
Outlook will automatically select the contact for you. Otherwise, a red
squiggly line will appear beneath the name you entered. Right-click the
text you entered and a list of possible matches appears. For example,
let's say you have Bob Brown and Bob Smith in your contacts. If you type
Bob in a recipient field, Outlook can't determine which Bob you're
referring to, so it will underline the text "Bob" with a red squiggly
after you tab out of the recipient field. If you frequently send e-mail to
both Bobs, you could make a habit of typing a significant part of the
correct recipient. If you want to send e-mail to Bob Smith, a significant
(unique) part of the name would be "Bob S". For some reason, my test of
Outlook 2003 didn't consider "Bob B" significant, but it did "Bob Br".
MAPILab's Add Contacts product is a plugin that allows you to
automatically create contacts when you send new e-mail or reply to e-mail.
It's not free, but at $15 it may be worth trying.
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/add_c...rketplace.html

Disclaimer: I'm not in any way affiliated with MAPILab.

Hope that's helpful,

Ronald Nissley