Resolved Can't delete Contacts from list

Hi all,

I haven't used Outlook express6 for quite a number of years. I had something I saved with an .eml extension and I wanted to see what it was. I opened Outlook and in the left window under Contacts, there's about a hundred e-mail addresses I've never heard of\seen before and don't know.

I was able to delete most of them, but there's still 44 that will not delete, no matter what I do.

How do I get rid of them and does anyone know why or how they got there?

 

This may be the way it happened ...

Let's say you have the Outlook Express option "Automatically Put People I Reply to in My Address Book" set to "Enabled ". One of your friends sends an email out to everyone they know, including you. You do a Reply All and Outlook Express immediately adds everyone's email address that was in the original email to your Address Book.

Solution: "Disable" the "Automatically Put People I Reply to in My Address Book" option.

 

Hi Doc,

The only time I've used Outlook is when I get an e-mail from someone with the ".eml" attachment extension: and then I save it to the Desktop and open it with Outlook.

Honestly, some of these addresses have a ".uk ", or ".ru" in them and I never hit "reply to all ". Even back in 19 and 96 when I had Juno 1.49 I never did a reply to all. And I've never had "save address(es) to Address Book.

I suppose I'll have to uninstall and reinstall to get rid of them.

Oh, well.

 

I believe the ".eml" extension is used by Outlook Express, not Outlook.

In Outlook Express, do you have the option "Automatically Put People I Reply to in My Address Book" set to "Enabled "?

 

Hi Doc,

Nope! Never have and I seriously doubt I ever will — and I've never replied or done anything (except delete) an e-mail with a ".ru" or ".uk" suffix.

 

Got it. Afraid I'm fresh out of ideas though. Good luck on your quest to discover why or how they got there.