Address books

Outlook Express uses Windows Address Book and I am not about to suggest that you replace it with anything else, if you continue to use Outlook Express. However, if you move to a better email client, you will have to export your address book to that client. It may well do the job for you when it is being installed.

Outlook has support for both Contacts and Personal Address Book. Using Contacts is the preferred way to go. If you already have a Personal Address Book it can be migrated to Contacts. Here's how to use the Contacts folder:

• Add the Outlook Address Book to your profile, if it isn't there already.

• Add the Contacts folder to the Outlook Address Book.

• Choose Tools | Services and switch to the Addressing tab. (In Outlook 2002, choose Tools | Address Book, then in the Address Book dialog, choose Tools | Options.)

• Under Show this address list first, you can choose either Contacts or Personal Address Book. This setting governs which list you see first when you open the Address Book.

• Under When sending mail, check names..., add Contacts. The address list that you use the most should be the one at the top, whether that's Contacts, your PAB, or a global or postoffice list.

To add new names from email messages to the Contacts folder, use either of these techniques:

• Drag an incoming message to the Contacts icon. A new item will be created with the name and email address of the person in the From field.

• In an open message, right-click a name in any of the address fields and choose Add to Contacts.

Eudora uses its own address book. There is an excellent online tutorial about its use. You'll find it at:

http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/tutorials/win_addressbook.html