Dealing with Incorrect Contacts in Entourage
25.October.2010 07:08 Filed in: Tech Tips
Entourage mail
program keeps a list of recent e-mail addresses from
people you have corresponded with. While this can
save time typing out the full address, it’s annoying
when the recently used address turns out to be wrong.
If you want to remove that incorrect entry from the recently used list in Entourage 2008:
Now that you’ve created a contact file with the incorrect address:
If you want to wipe out all the addresses on the entire Recent Addresses list,
If you want to remove that incorrect entry from the recently used list in Entourage 2008:
- Create a new message and start typing the address you want to remove.
- When the pop-up menu of suggested addresses appears, select the incorrect one.
- Hold down the Control key and click on the address.
- Choose the Add to Address Book from the menu to create a new contact. (Yes! You’re actually going to create an incorrect address first!)
Now that you’ve created a contact file with the incorrect address:
- Select the incorrect contact from your Contacts list, go to the Edit menu, and choose Delete Contact.
- Once you delete the contact and discard the blank message you created, the entry should disappear from the Recent Addresses list.
If you want to wipe out all the addresses on the entire Recent Addresses list,
- Go to the Entourage menu and choose Preferences.
- On the left side of the Preferences box, under the Mail & News Preferences, click on the Compose line.
- On the right side of the Preferences box, in the Recent Addresses area, click on the Clear List button.
