Not that it helps... I have exactly the same problem!

I've done some googling, but I'm still stuck at it. I've tried the
suggestions you've got in this thread and the problem persists. I have an
impression, that no one really understood the problem you've described though
description is perfectly clear.

That's why I'll try again; maybe we'll get another post

Problem description:
Suppose we have default Contacts folder named "Contacts" and a subfolder
named "Personal".
There is an entry in Contacts folder: Peter Pan, .
There is an entry in Personal folder: Santa Claus, .
If I create new mail message and type the first address
) in the To field, right-click it and choose "Look up
Outlook Contact...", Outlook finds and opens appropriate contact. If I do the
same with , the response is "Could not find a contact
with this e-mail address."

Any advice?

Thanks!

Marko



"Lordcatalien" wrote:

I'm sure this has been posted a number of times. I've seen a bunch of posts
about it but am unable to find a solution.

When I receive an email from a contact I have in an address book (but not
the default "Contacts" address book from Outlook), it doesn't search the
other address books.

I'm not using Exchange. I'm on Outlook 2003.

Can someone please let me know how to make "Look up Contact" override the
default of only checking the "Contacts" address book, so I can look in the
other address books I have ("Business", "Family", "Personal", etc.).

These books are enabled as Outlook Address Books in the settings.

I saw somewhere that, by default, Outlook won't check the other books to
conserve on time/memory or something...I don't want this active.

Please help.

Thanks!