Re: [mailop] Outlook for Mac email autofill

Fri, 21 May 2021 08:58:51 -0700

 

From: Matthew V via mailop <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, May 21, 2021 at 11:32 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mailop] Outlook for Mac email autofill

From: mailop <[email protected]> on behalf of John Lightfoot via mailop <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 3:49:22 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [mailop] Outlook for Mac email autofill

 

I don’t know if this is a bug or a feature, but when I start typing in the To: column in Outlook, I often get extremely spammy autofill choices, e.g. if I type “zu” in the To: field, autofill suggest Pornhub [email protected] and zuma hamson [email protected].

 

I’m using the Microsoft Outlook for Mac, Version 16.50 (21061903).  I’ve noticed this behavior for a while.  Is there a way to prevent this?

 

 

Try disabling the Outlook autocomplete/suggest feature, might be something like this:

From the File tab, select Options.
On the Outlook Options dialog, click Mail.
Scroll down to the Send messages section
Uncheck Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names
(Option) If you wish to delete the list, click the Empty Auto-Complete List button.
Click the OK button

That option doesn’t seem to exist in Outlook for Mac.  I can go to Preferences/AutoCorrect/Text Completion and turn off Show AutoComplete tip for AutoText and dates, but that doesn’t seem to affect autocomplete for email addresses.

Someone asked earlier if I was auto-replying to spam, and no, I am not.

Thanks,

John

~

Matt

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