Comments on: Clearing Out Previous Mail Recipients http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/ Support and additional material related to how-to guides by Maria Langer. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:13:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maria Langer http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1044 Maria Langer Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:56:14 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1044 This is another instance of something that works for me but doesn't work for everyone. I don't know why, but unless I have the problem an can explore a fix, I can't write about it. Sorry I can't be more help! This still works for me as written. This is another instance of something that works for me but doesn’t work for everyone. I don’t know why, but unless I have the problem an can explore a fix, I can’t write about it.

Sorry I can’t be more help! This still works for me as written.

]]> By: john philpin http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1043 john philpin Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:09:47 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1043 excited to read - but sad to report that i did all this - and then cleared my previous recipient list completely - nothing in it at all. closed mail - and re opended - recipient list was repopulated :( excited to read – but sad to report that i did all this – and then cleared my previous recipient list completely – nothing in it at all. closed mail – and re opended – recipient list was repopulated :(

]]> By: Cameron http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1042 Cameron Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:51:26 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1042 Yes *THAT* does it!! :) :) Yes *THAT* does it!! :) :)

]]> By: Mikael http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1041 Mikael Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:40:42 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1041 Find the folder ~Library/Application Support/Addressbook and change permission on the group "everyone" from "No access" to "Read only" and use the option to "Apply to enclosed items" Find the folder ~Library/Application Support/Addressbook and change permission on the group “everyone” from “No access” to “Read only” and use the option to “Apply to enclosed items”

]]> By: Cameron http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1040 Cameron Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:40:47 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1040 With Mail under 10.5.6 I strike this same problem. Actually I have had this since about the start of 2008. I have reported this twice to apple - but still no fix! :(( With Mail under 10.5.6 I strike this same problem. Actually I have had this since about the start of 2008. I have reported this twice to apple – but still no fix! :((

]]> By: john philpin http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1039 john philpin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:17:20 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1039 it isn't serious enough for me to rebuild it all again ... i am wondering if there is a file that could be sitting somewhere that i could just delete - and then when i open mail it just re creates and starts again - kind of like a prefs file ? and there are entries in the previous recipients list that are neirther in sent - or received in my email thanks for fast response it isn’t serious enough for me to rebuild it all again … i am wondering if there is a file that could be sitting somewhere that i could just delete – and then when i open mail it just re creates and starts again – kind of like a prefs file ?

and there are entries in the previous recipients list that are neirther in sent – or received in my email

thanks for fast response

]]> By: Maria Langer http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1038 Maria Langer Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:44:16 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1038 We're getting closer to a solution. First thing I'd try is rebuilding the mailbox(es) again. Also, check your Sent mailbox to see if the people being added back in to the recipents list are people listed in the Sent mailbox. And yes, you're right. It IS weird. The weird problems are the worst ones to troubleshoot and resolve. We’re getting closer to a solution. First thing I’d try is rebuilding the mailbox(es) again.

Also, check your Sent mailbox to see if the people being added back in to the recipents list are people listed in the Sent mailbox.

And yes, you’re right. It IS weird. The weird problems are the worst ones to troubleshoot and resolve.

]]> By: john philpin http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1037 john philpin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:37:35 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1037 i am restarting mail - and all the ones i am deleting are coming back. so - just for kicks i block deleted the entire previous recipients list - hundreds - if not thousands of them -- and used mail - and the recpient list stayed empty. i closed email - and then reopened - and they are all back - hundreds / thousands of them :( however - here is the interesting bit - they haven't ALL come back - I am missing a few recent ones - and lo when i look at the list - the newly refreshed list all seem to date back to a time in october 2007 - which is about when i had a sever email crash - and i rebuilt mail ... so it has got me to wondering - could there be a gost of the old mail build that keeps populating my list ?? I am told that the list is NOT from any mail box scan - and this last experiment seems to support that - because recent previous recipients are not in the list - now that i have deleted them... any and all help welcome - it is just weird i am restarting mail – and all the ones i am deleting are coming back. so – just for kicks i block deleted the entire previous recipients list – hundreds – if not thousands of them — and used mail – and the recpient list stayed empty. i closed email – and then reopened – and they are all back – hundreds / thousands of them :( however – here is the interesting bit – they haven’t ALL come back – I am missing a few recent ones – and lo when i look at the list – the newly refreshed list all seem to date back to a time in october 2007 – which is about when i had a sever email crash – and i rebuilt mail … so it has got me to wondering – could there be a gost of the old mail build that keeps populating my list ?? I am told that the list is NOT from any mail box scan – and this last experiment seems to support that – because recent previous recipients are not in the list – now that i have deleted them…

any and all help welcome – it is just weird

]]> By: Maria Langer http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1036 Maria Langer Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:15:03 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1036 And I just tried it again using Mac OS X 10.5.5 and it still works here. Questions: (1) Are you restarting Mail? (2) Are all the ones you're deleting coming back? (3) Do messages TO the people you are trying to remove still exist in your Sent box? I'm thinking that Mail might scan the addresses there to build the list. (But I could be wrong.) Let us know if you find anything that might explain this. It works as advertised on my Mac. Since I can't duplicate the problem, I can't troubleshoot it. And I just tried it again using Mac OS X 10.5.5 and it still works here.

Questions:

(1) Are you restarting Mail?

(2) Are all the ones you’re deleting coming back?

(3) Do messages TO the people you are trying to remove still exist in your Sent box? I’m thinking that Mail might scan the addresses there to build the list. (But I could be wrong.)

Let us know if you find anything that might explain this. It works as advertised on my Mac. Since I can’t duplicate the problem, I can’t troubleshoot it.

]]> By: john philpin http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1035 john philpin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:58:25 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1035 doesn't work for me either os x 10.5.5 - exact behaviour as described by trever doesn’t work for me either os x 10.5.5 – exact behaviour as described by trever

]]> By: Maria Langer http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1034 Maria Langer Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:38:43 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1034 I just tried this on a Mac running 10.5.2 and it worked as described here. Did you quit Mail and restart it? Don't know why it isn't working for you! I just tried this on a Mac running 10.5.2 and it worked as described here. Did you quit Mail and restart it? Don’t know why it isn’t working for you!

]]> By: Trever http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1033 Trever Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:41:11 +0000 http://www.mariasguides.com/2007/12/16/clearing-out-previous-mail-recipients/#comment-1033 This doesn't work, at least not in Mail 3.2 under Leopard 10.5.2 The previous recipients list repopulates itself as soon as you relaunch Mail. This doesn’t work, at least not in Mail 3.2 under Leopard 10.5.2 The previous recipients list repopulates itself as soon as you relaunch Mail.

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