Hi,

When composing a message in Mac Mail application, I start wrting the
name/address in the To: box, and Mail opens up a popup with emails I
previously sent mail to, and match what I already typed. (A blessed
feature, of course).

Now, a friend of mine changed her email, and I want this completion
feature to forget the old one.
I managed to figure out that these emails and names are found in the
file Address Book.addressbook, but I can't find any editor for it.

Can anyone help?

Thanx
Yaron Tadmor

In article <caab3e6d.0408260114.1b55ac51@posting.google.com >,
yaront@humaneyes.com (Yaron Tadmor) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When composing a message in Mac Mail application, I start wrting the
> name/address in the To: box, and Mail opens up a popup with emails I
> previously sent mail to, and match what I already typed. (A blessed
> feature, of course).
>
> Now, a friend of mine changed her email, and I want this completion
> feature to forget the old one.
> I managed to figure out that these emails and names are found in the
> file Address Book.addressbook, but I can't find any editor for it.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanx
> Yaron Tadmor

Go to the Address Book application, which should be in your Dock. Click
on it to open it. That in turn opens the address book file in editable
form. Go to the record you want to edit. Click on the Edit button, then
click on the field you want to edit, make the changes, then click on the
Edit button again, and you are done.

Bill

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B Collins <bbcollins@invalid.net> wrote in message news:<bbcollins-856845.07384126082004@news01.east.earthlink.net>.. .
> In article <caab3e6d.0408260114.1b55ac51@posting.google.com >,
> yaront@humaneyes.com (Yaron Tadmor) wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > When composing a message in Mac Mail application, I start wrting the
> > name/address in the To: box, and Mail opens up a popup with emails I
> > previously sent mail to, and match what I already typed. (A blessed
> > feature, of course).
> >
> > Now, a friend of mine changed her email, and I want this completion
> > feature to forget the old one.
> > I managed to figure out that these emails and names are found in the
> > file Address Book.addressbook, but I can't find any editor for it.
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanx
> > Yaron Tadmor
>
> Go to the Address Book application, which should be in your Dock. Click
> on it to open it. That in turn opens the address book file in editable
> form. Go to the record you want to edit. Click on the Edit button, then
> click on the field you want to edit, make the changes, then click on the
> Edit button again, and you are done.
>
> Bill

I tried that already (first thing I did), but in the Address Book app
I have only 1 contact, so I figured it's a different address book
file. Anyway, this doesn't work.

In article <caab3e6d.0408290445.22eefad6@posting.google.com >,
yaront@humaneyes.com (Yaron Tadmor) wrote:

> B Collins <bbcollins@invalid.net> wrote in message
> news:<bbcollins-856845.07384126082004@news01.east.earthlink.net>.. .
> > In article <caab3e6d.0408260114.1b55ac51@posting.google.com >,
> > yaront@humaneyes.com (Yaron Tadmor) wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When composing a message in Mac Mail application, I start wrting the
> > > name/address in the To: box, and Mail opens up a popup with emails I
> > > previously sent mail to, and match what I already typed. (A blessed
> > > feature, of course).
> > >
> > > Now, a friend of mine changed her email, and I want this completion
> > > feature to forget the old one.
> > > I managed to figure out that these emails and names are found in the
> > > file Address Book.addressbook, but I can't find any editor for it.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help?
> > >
> > > Thanx
> > > Yaron Tadmor
> >
> > Go to the Address Book application, which should be in your Dock. Click
> > on it to open it. That in turn opens the address book file in editable
> > form. Go to the record you want to edit. Click on the Edit button, then
> > click on the field you want to edit, make the changes, then click on the
> > Edit button again, and you are done.
> >
> > Bill
>
> I tried that already (first thing I did), but in the Address Book app
> I have only 1 contact, so I figured it's a different address book
> file. Anyway, this doesn't work.

I am mystified by your statement about having only one contact showing
in the Address Book app, and that "Anyway, this doesn't work."

Is it possible that you have the view selected to show only the current
record (card)?

In the upper left corner of the Address Book application window, below
the three colored buttons, there should be a little selector button with
two elements, the one on the right being simply a rectangle, And the one
on the left being a rectangle with some horizontal lines beside it. The
left one, with the little lines, should be selected to display the
Address Book in three columns, the left column showing Groups, the next
column showing names of each person, and the right column showing the
content of the selected record.

There should also be at the bottom of the window a number showing the
total number of cards in the database.

Maybe I am completely misunderstanding, but what you are trying to do
sounds like a perfectly normal address book task. It should work fine.

Have you consulted the Address Book help file?

It is possible that the Address Book application is somehow broken, or
the preferences are corrupted, and so it is not working right. There are
various methods of checking that. Is your computer still under warranty,
or do you have Applecare? If so, you can get free telephone tech support
from Apple, and the tech support person will talk you through diagnosing
and correcting the problem.

Bill

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B Collins <bbcollins@invalid.net> wrote:

> In article <caab3e6d.0408290445.22eefad6@posting.google.com >,
> yaront@humaneyes.com (Yaron Tadmor) wrote:
>
> > B Collins <bbcollins@invalid.net> wrote in message
> > news:<bbcollins-856845.07384126082004@news01.east.earthlink.net>.. .
> > > In article <caab3e6d.0408260114.1b55ac51@posting.google.com >,
> > > yaront@humaneyes.com (Yaron Tadmor) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > When composing a message in Mac Mail application, I start wrting the
> > > > name/address in the To: box, and Mail opens up a popup with emails I
> > > > previously sent mail to, and match what I already typed. (A blessed
> > > > feature, of course).
> > > >
> > > > Now, a friend of mine changed her email, and I want this completion
> > > > feature to forget the old one.
> > > > I managed to figure out that these emails and names are found in the
> > > > file Address Book.addressbook, but I can't find any editor for it.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone help?
> > > >
> > > > Thanx
> > > > Yaron Tadmor
> > >
> > > Go to the Address Book application, which should be in your Dock. Click
> > > on it to open it. That in turn opens the address book file in editable
> > > form. Go to the record you want to edit. Click on the Edit button, then
> > > click on the field you want to edit, make the changes, then click on the
> > > Edit button again, and you are done.
> > >
> > > Bill
> >
> > I tried that already (first thing I did), but in the Address Book app
> > I have only 1 contact, so I figured it's a different address book
> > file. Anyway, this doesn't work.
>
> I am mystified by your statement about having only one contact showing
> in the Address Book app, and that "Anyway, this doesn't work."
>
> Is it possible that you have the view selected to show only the current
> record (card)?
>
> In the upper left corner of the Address Book application window, below
> the three colored buttons, there should be a little selector button with
> two elements, the one on the right being simply a rectangle, And the one
> on the left being a rectangle with some horizontal lines beside it. The
> left one, with the little lines, should be selected to display the
> Address Book in three columns, the left column showing Groups, the next
> column showing names of each person, and the right column showing the
> content of the selected record.
>
> There should also be at the bottom of the window a number showing the
> total number of cards in the database.
>
> Maybe I am completely misunderstanding, but what you are trying to do
> sounds like a perfectly normal address book task. It should work fine.
>
> Have you consulted the Address Book help file?
>
> It is possible that the Address Book application is somehow broken, or
> the preferences are corrupted, and so it is not working right. There are
> various methods of checking that. Is your computer still under warranty,
> or do you have Applecare? If so, you can get free telephone tech support
> from Apple, and the tech support person will talk you through diagnosing
> and correcting the problem.
>
> Bill



Try Window>Previous Recipients
Find the email or delete the lot and see if the email comes up again

> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > When composing a message in Mac Mail application, I start wrting the
> > > > > name/address in the To: box, and Mail opens up a popup with emails I
> > > > > previously sent mail to, and match what I already typed. (A blessed
> > > > > feature, of course).
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, a friend of mine changed her email, and I want this completion
> > > > > feature to forget the old one.
> > > > > I managed to figure out that these emails and names are found in the
> > > > > file Address Book.addressbook, but I can't find any editor for it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone help?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanx
> > > > > Yaron Tadmor
> > > >
> > > > Go to the Address Book application, which should be in your Dock. Click
> > > > on it to open it. That in turn opens the address book file in editable
> > > > form. Go to the record you want to edit. Click on the Edit button, then
> > > > click on the field you want to edit, make the changes, then click on the
> > > > Edit button again, and you are done.
> > > >
> > > > Bill
> > >
> > > I tried that already (first thing I did), but in the Address Book app
> > > I have only 1 contact, so I figured it's a different address book
> > > file. Anyway, this doesn't work.
> >
> > I am mystified by your statement about having only one contact showing
> > in the Address Book app, and that "Anyway, this doesn't work."
> >
> > Is it possible that you have the view selected to show only the current
> > record (card)?
> >
> > In the upper left corner of the Address Book application window, below
> > the three colored buttons, there should be a little selector button with
> > two elements, the one on the right being simply a rectangle, And the one
> > on the left being a rectangle with some horizontal lines beside it. The
> > left one, with the little lines, should be selected to display the
> > Address Book in three columns, the left column showing Groups, the next
> > column showing names of each person, and the right column showing the
> > content of the selected record.
> >
> > There should also be at the bottom of the window a number showing the
> > total number of cards in the database.
> >
> > Maybe I am completely misunderstanding, but what you are trying to do
> > sounds like a perfectly normal address book task. It should work fine.
> >
> > Have you consulted the Address Book help file?
> >
> > It is possible that the Address Book application is somehow broken, or
> > the preferences are corrupted, and so it is not working right. There are
> > various methods of checking that. Is your computer still under warranty,
> > or do you have Applecare? If so, you can get free telephone tech support
> > from Apple, and the tech support person will talk you through diagnosing
> > and correcting the problem.
> >
> > Bill

Thank you for the very detailed explanation, but I'm a programmer, and
I can find my way around much more then a simple UI. The whole things
really puzzels me, since the adress book file simply doesn't contain
all the contacts I have auto-completion for in Mail.

> Try Window>Previous Recipients
> Find the email or delete the lot and see if the email comes up again

I don't have a "previous recipients" item in the window menu (I looked
of couse in the Mail menu, and the Address book menu).

>
> > Try Window>Previous Recipients
> > Find the email or delete the lot and see if the email comes up again
>
> I don't have a "previous recipients" item in the window menu (I looked
> of couse in the Mail menu, and the Address book menu).

Okay, I definately have that in my version of Mail, 1.3.9 (v619), and
OSX 10.3.5. If you are running 10.2.x then I remember the same panel
being there but it may have been called sometheing else, similar but
different. Until I can find a version of Jaguar to check it exactly, all
I can suggest is to look through the menu's in Mail and look for
something that sounds likely. If I find it I'll post back.
Regards
Tez

Tez <nospam@thiscomputer.thanks> wrote:

> >
> > > Try Window>Previous Recipients
> > > Find the email or delete the lot and see if the email comes up again
> >
> > I don't have a "previous recipients" item in the window menu (I looked
> > of couse in the Mail menu, and the Address book menu).
>
> Okay, I definately have that in my version of Mail, 1.3.9 (v619), and
> OSX 10.3.5. If you are running 10.2.x then I remember the same panel
> being there but it may have been called sometheing else, similar but
> different. Until I can find a version of Jaguar to check it exactly, all
> I can suggest is to look through the menu's in Mail and look for
> something that sounds likely. If I find it I'll post back.
> Regards
> Tez

If in 10.2.x it is here
Mail>Window>address history

nospam@thiscomputer.thanks (Tez) wrote in message news:<1gjnx74.8bm5pq11t46hkN%nospam@thiscomputer.t hanks>...
> Tez <nospam@thiscomputer.thanks> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > > Try Window>Previous Recipients
> > > > Find the email or delete the lot and see if the email comes up again
> > >
> > > I don't have a "previous recipients" item in the window menu (I looked
> > > of couse in the Mail menu, and the Address book menu).
> >
> > Okay, I definately have that in my version of Mail, 1.3.9 (v619), and
> > OSX 10.3.5. If you are running 10.2.x then I remember the same panel
> > being there but it may have been called sometheing else, similar but
> > different. Until I can find a version of Jaguar to check it exactly, all
> > I can suggest is to look through the menu's in Mail and look for
> > something that sounds likely. If I find it I'll post back.
> > Regards
> > Tez
>
> If in 10.2.x it is here
> Mail>Window>address history

Thanx a lot! That did it!
By the way, where are these addresses saved? Is there a way to move
them to my address book?

> > > >
> > > > > Try Window>Previous Recipients
> > > > > Find the email or delete the lot and see if the email comes up again
> > > >
> > > > I don't have a "previous recipients" item in the window menu (I looked
> > > > of couse in the Mail menu, and the Address book menu).
> > >
> > > Okay, I definately have that in my version of Mail, 1.3.9 (v619), and
> > > OSX 10.3.5. If you are running 10.2.x then I remember the same panel
> > > being there but it may have been called sometheing else, similar but
> > > different. Until I can find a version of Jaguar to check it exactly, all
> > > I can suggest is to look through the menu's in Mail and look for
> > > something that sounds likely. If I find it I'll post back.
> > > Regards
> > > Tez
> >
> > If in 10.2.x it is here
> > Mail>Window>address history
>
> Thanx a lot! That did it!
> By the way, where are these addresses saved? Is there a way to move
> them to my address book?

As I dont use 10.2 and it appears that the Mac users I know are on OS9
or 10.3 I cant confirm it but you should be able to highlight the
address you want in the address history window, then click a button that
should be worded something like "add to address book" and that should do
it. If it's not a button then it may be a command in one of the drop
down menus once the address history is open.
Tez