On 2/13/04 2:28 PM, "Joshua Yeidel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I begin to enter a recipient address in a compose window, Entourage > displays a list of recent addresses with the same initial characters as what > I am entering [a great feature, by the way]. In that list, one address is > pre-selected as the default. > > How is that default determined... and how can I reset it? > > Specifically, the problem is this: I have a group whose name is "sl". > Years ago, I had a correspondence with a person whose name begins with "sl". > Both appear in the dropdown when I enter "sl"; until recently, the > preselected default was the group. > > Recently, I had occasion to write to the person whose name begins with "sl". > Now the default is the person, even though I have since written several > times to the group. > > This change is driving me batty because I had developed the habit of writing > to the group by typing "sl" and hitting return, which accepts the default. > That no longer works. > > This is a small matter, and I can think of numerous workarounds, but what I > really want is a return to the elegant and efficient functionality that was > mysteriously taken from me -- or at least, an end to the mystery. > > -- Joshua Entourage should be resetting the default to your group name. I'm not sure why Entourage is not recognizing "sl" as the default for your group since you have used it more than the other address. Since you rarely write to this other person, I would add the category Junk to their contact info. This will keep it from showing up in your auto-fill list but you will still have their info if needed. As far as I know, there is no way to set the default address for auto-fill. One workaround would be to assign a nickname to the group. Here's the info on the Most Recently Used (MRU) auto-fill list. The "Most Recently Used" (MRU) is often misunderstood. These entries are harmless. They never show up in your Address Book, only in the auto-fill list. Also, Entourage automatically selects the address you will most likely want to send to based on the text you've already typed. Any message marked as Junk (either by you or the Junk Mail Filter) will not be added to the MRU list. Entourage�s Address AutoComplete feature gathers addresses from both the address book and the recently-used list (with a maximum of 200 entries). They are sorted intelligently, organized by the frequency of messaging for each contact, with the most-used contacts showing up on top. There will always be 200. Some will always be considered "useless" by the user. The better organized you are at adding "good" addresses to you address book the more you will enjoy the MRU feature. Entourage X: To clear ALL there is a preference in Mail & News: Compose: Clear List button. There is also an option in the prefs to disable this feature all together. Entourage 2001: There is no Clear List button. Both versions: To clear a single address, add it exactly like the one that is remembered to your address book and mark it as Junk (or assign category Junk). You can just delete the address, but if you receive it again it will just be added back. Marking as junk will permanently remove it from the auto-fill list. -- Diane Ross Mac MVP Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
