Outlook Express: Adds all incoming addresses to my addr book !

[ssoni223]

How do i turn off this setting
ALL incoming mail addresses are added to my addresses
so it gets cluttered w/ spam senders, etc
i gotta purge it out every month, as it gets unruly.

How do I turn of this setting?
I only want to have to explicitiy add people to my addr book

Thanks

PS: I know this is a hardware oriented board..
Can anyone reccomend a good "mega" discussion thread for MS/WIN specific questions like these?

 

[corkyg]

That normally is only done for notes you reply to. Sounds like something got added to your OE program. Basically, the only auto additions are covered here:

In Outlook Express, on the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Send tab, click Automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book.

I would check your system thoroughly for a worm or virus that is causing this to happen. It ain't normal.

As for the second question . . . that basically what the Operating Systems forum is about . . . also the software forum.