I have recently migrated from Outlook Express on a W2K
(with a shared address book to Outlook) to Outlook 2007 on
a Windows Vista machine then to Outlook 2003 on a WinXP
professional PC. The process of transferring the contacts
folder was so convoluted that I cannot remember exactly
what I did.

The problem is that when composing an email, the only
addresses that resolve are those from people I have
received emails from since migrating.

If I click on the 'contacts' tab I can see all my contacts
and the email addresses are all underlined.

If I click on tools/address book/outlook address book' no
entries are listed. If I select 'contacts' as the address
book then all email addresses are there.

My contact details appeared to be in a .pab file so I
imported that into the Outlook file (sorry cannot remember
if address or contact) but made no difference. But if I
add a new contact then only the .pst folder is updated -
no longer the pab folder.

If I click file/folders/properties for contacts' then
'show this folder as an e-mail address book' is checked.
The address book is 'contacts'.

You can probably tell that I have googled this fairly
thoroughly. Anyone any further ideas?

Davy

Outlook hasn't used a PAB file in years. It is unlikely you were.
Everything sounds normal here. What is your question?
Perhaps you are confusing autocompletion with autoresolution.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Davy" wrote in message
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I have recently migrated from Outlook Express on a W2K
(with a shared address book to Outlook) to Outlook 2007 on
a Windows Vista machine then to Outlook 2003 on a WinXP
professional PC. The process of transferring the contacts
folder was so convoluted that I cannot remember exactly
what I did.

The problem is that when composing an email, the only
addresses that resolve are those from people I have
received emails from since migrating.

If I click on the 'contacts' tab I can see all my contacts
and the email addresses are all underlined.

If I click on tools/address book/outlook address book' no
entries are listed. If I select 'contacts' as the address
book then all email addresses are there.

My contact details appeared to be in a .pab file so I
imported that into the Outlook file (sorry cannot remember
if address or contact) but made no difference. But if I
add a new contact then only the .pst folder is updated -
no longer the pab folder.

If I click file/folders/properties for contacts' then
'show this folder as an e-mail address book' is checked.
The address book is 'contacts'.

You can probably tell that I have googled this fairly
thoroughly. Anyone any further ideas?

Davy

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote
in news:AD703621-B4FC-4559-8089-FABDF391A1D3
@microsoft.com:

Outlook hasn't used a PAB file in years. It is unlikely
you were.
Everything sounds normal here. What is your question?
Perhaps you are confusing autocompletion with
autoresolution.

Russ,
thanks for the tip. I googled and found
http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm which
explained the difference.

So I would expect that the reason Outlook completes
addresses for recipients I have been in recent contact
with is because it is using autocompletion.

So my problem seems to be that autoresolution is not
working.

I went to tools/options/email/advanced email options' and
'automatic name checking' and 'suggest names while
completing To etc' are both checked.

Any further thoughts?

Davy

What is your evidence that autoresolution is not working?
What is not happening that you think should?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Davy" wrote in message
. 109.145...
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote
in news:AD703621-B4FC-4559-8089-FABDF391A1D3
@microsoft.com:

Outlook hasn't used a PAB file in years. It is unlikely
you were.
Everything sounds normal here. What is your question?
Perhaps you are confusing autocompletion with
autoresolution.

Russ,
thanks for the tip. I googled and found
http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm which
explained the difference.

So I would expect that the reason Outlook completes
addresses for recipients I have been in recent contact
with is because it is using autocompletion.

So my problem seems to be that autoresolution is not
working.

I went to tools/options/email/advanced email options' and
'automatic name checking' and 'suggest names while
completing To etc' are both checked.

Any further thoughts?

Davy

It takes a while for the cache to become populated

"Davy" wrote in message
. 109.145...
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote
in news:AD703621-B4FC-4559-8089-FABDF391A1D3
@microsoft.com:

Outlook hasn't used a PAB file in years. It is unlikely
you were.
Everything sounds normal here. What is your question?
Perhaps you are confusing autocompletion with
autoresolution.

Russ,
thanks for the tip. I googled and found
http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm which
explained the difference.

So I would expect that the reason Outlook completes
addresses for recipients I have been in recent contact
with is because it is using autocompletion.

So my problem seems to be that autoresolution is not
working.

I went to tools/options/email/advanced email options' and
'automatic name checking' and 'suggest names while
completing To etc' are both checked.

Any further thoughts?

Davy

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote
in news:114013D1-9614-4D18-873A-C8032E1ABDD7
@microsoft.com:

What is your evidence that autoresolution is not
working?
What is not happening that you think should?

Russ,

if I am creating an email and I start to type into the
'To:' box a persons name, such as Fr.. for Fred Smith then
I expect Outlook to look up the address book and offer
for instance. I get no offer of
matching email addresses. If I click on the address book
icon beside the 'To:' then I can see and select an email
address to use.

But from your questions I am wondering if autoresolution
is only available in Outlook Express?

Davy

You are still confusing autoresolution with autocompletion. Outlook does
both. Here's a primer:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Davy" wrote in message
09.145...
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote
in news:114013D1-9614-4D18-873A-C8032E1ABDD7
@microsoft.com:

What is your evidence that autoresolution is not
working?
What is not happening that you think should?

Russ,

if I am creating an email and I start to type into the
'To:' box a persons name, such as Fr.. for Fred Smith then
I expect Outlook to look up the address book and offer
for instance. I get no offer of
matching email addresses. If I click on the address book
icon beside the 'To:' then I can see and select an email
address to use.

But from your questions I am wondering if autoresolution
is only available in Outlook Express?

Davy

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote
in news:0C54DA3C-ABFE-4CF9-8CF8-
:

You are still confusing autoresolution with
autocompletion. Outlook does
both. Here's a primer:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm


Superb primer, now I have it. But I wonder why did
Microsoft not use the method used in Outlook Express which
is certainly not confusing.

So problem sorted, thanks for giving me the link Russ,

Davy

Two completely different and unrelated products. I suspect they figured
Outlook users might want both options.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Davy" wrote in message
. 109.145...
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote
in news:0C54DA3C-ABFE-4CF9-8CF8-
:

You are still confusing autoresolution with
autocompletion. Outlook does
both. Here's a primer:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm


Superb primer, now I have it. But I wonder why did
Microsoft not use the method used in Outlook Express which
is certainly not confusing.

So problem sorted, thanks for giving me the link Russ,

Davy