For the sake of uber-completeness, perhaps going to Powermail > preferences > address book and clicking the Clear History button might be a final step in your purging process?
Hope this helps; Rick -- G5 2GHz x2 :: 2GB RAM :: 10.2.7 :: PM 4.2.1 :: 3 pane mode -- Original message: Received from cheshirekat on 21/10/03 at 10:58 am >Ok. I deleted all the addresses in the PM address book and restarted PM. >Then I imported the addresses from the Apple Address Book using; Import >New Contacts, Import Groups, as they seemed the only applicable choices. >(Right or wrong?) Then I quit PM. Upon restarting PM, I selected; Compact >Database, Rebuild Index, Compact index - in that order. I had just >exported messages to FMPro about an hour ago, so I'd be surprised if I >have more than 50 messages remaining. (I don't archive the legit >advertisements I get, but keep them in PM for a week or so, in case I >should want to buy something.) The rebuilding and compacting only takes >about 2-3 seconds each, so I'm usually very diligent about not skipping >those steps after exporting messages. After the final compact of the >index was complete, I restarted PM. Should I have done something else? I >did glance in the PM address book, and it looks like my addresses in the >Apple Address Book for the first time. Hopefully that'll minimize the >quirks for a while. > >cheshirekat
