Hilmar-

>I understand the Windows address book is the "central repository" for addresses. Supposedly, it can be shared by several applications (Microsoft-applications?).
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>The approach used by Microsoft gives the users big headaches, especially when having to do a backup: if you copy your entire mail folder in Outlook Express, the addresses are not backed up.

Thanks. I just plain had never bothered with that. Ah, the blind and unwary. Will have to investigate it...someday. But I think it's going to the bottom of my list. :-\