autocomplete of e mail addressess not working in windows mail

Autocomplete of e-mail addressess not working in windows mail

To enable Windows Mail completing email addresses and contacts as you start typing them when addressing emails:
* Select Tools Options... from the menu.
* Go to the Send tab.
* Make sure Automatically complete e-mail addresses when composing is checked.
* Click OK. Auto-complete does not work very well in Windows Mail.

That bug has been fixed in Windows Live Mail, which you can download and upgrade to:
http://get.live.com/en-us/betas/maildesktop_betas

How to Backup the Message Rules, Safe Senders and Block Senders list in Windows Mail

Windows Mail stores the account specific settings such as Message Rules, Junk Mail options etc, under the following registry key and its sub-keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows Mail

Message Rules

To backup the Message Rules, follow these steps:

Click Start, type Regedit.exe. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows Mail \ Rules

From the File menu, choose Export and save the branch to a .reg file.
Exit the Registry Editor.

Block Senders List & Safe Senders List

The Safe Senders and Block Senders list are stored in two separate sub-keys (Block Senders List & Safe Senders List) under the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows Mail \ Junk Mail

Repair the Windows Mail database in Windows Vista

You can download from link below.
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx

WMUtil is a small utility to allow users to compact and repair the Windows Mail database in Windows Vista.

The Windows Mail database periodically needs compacting and defragmenting to function with maximal performance. Currently there is no manual method to compact the database in Windows Mail, unless one tinkers with the values set at Tools Options Advanced Maintenance. WMUtil allows the user to manually compact the database to remove any wasted space from it.

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