Hi Ryan, Hi John, Hi Neil

Many thanks for your input - it was enough incentive to go back in and check
all my mail rules for about the fourth time - and yup it was a rogue mail
rule.

Can not understand how it got in there - still racking my brains on that one
- just thankful I eventually found it :-)

Many thanks.

Angus

> When I first saw Angus's email I tested this option using my Curtin email
> account, which isn't in my address book. It wasn't added, so I concluded
> that it doesn't cause unknown addresses to be added, just creates a Link
> between the message and a Contact.
> 
> It still sounds a lot like the action of a rogue Mail Rule... Can't imagine
> what else could cause it in Entourage.
> 
> -Ry
> 
> On 2003-06-22 19:31, "John Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Angus,
>> 
>> In the general preferences of Entourage, there is an option to
>> "Automatically link contacts with the messages I receive from them"
>> I am no office guru, and the documentation is vague, but this implies to me
>> that the incoming email addresses will be automatically added so that the
>> link can be created (as distinct from manual addition using command =).
>> Perhaps you might (un)check this setting. Let us all know if that helps.
>> 
>> HTH
>> John
>> 
>> on 21/6/03 2:27 PM, Angus Russell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Neil
>>> 
>>> Somehow or other every e-mail I receive has it's senders address added to
>>> the Entourage address book.
>>> 
>>> Due to this I have nearly 1500 e-addresses in the address book - which is
>>> insane.
>>> 
>>> However since you have provided the only response to my dilemma I can only
>>> assume that no-one else takes me seriously :-(
>>> 
>>> Thanks anyway :-)
>>> 
>>> Angus
> 
> Later,
> 
> Ry
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]