Comments on: Why do old email addresses that are not in my contact list show up when I want to forward an email?

By: venkatp16

venkatp16 — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:53:26 +0000

all below are correct.. if you are using outlook, delete outlook.nk2 file.. it will delete all the cached mail address that you sent / receive mails to and from

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:42:41 +0000

Basically all email programs have several sources for contacts that mostly includes:
- the (actual) contact list/database
- old emails (‘from’ and ‘to’ headers)
- a list of previous recipients

Depending on the program you are using and the list the contact is in steps to remove the recipient differ.

By: Ryan Dube

Ryan Dube — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:06:05 +0000

Ravi is correct – all past email addresses you ever corresponded with are retained so long as the email is in your inbox. This may be a sign that it’s time to do some inbox housecleaning and delete all of those old emails?

By: ryandigweed0

ryandigweed0 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:45:15 +0000

Are you using an email client? Also make sure you remove all the contacts completely also emails as suggested by Ravi . They may say they are removed, but theres always traces of them

By: Ravi Meena

Ravi Meena — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:43:54 +0000

because you have received and sent e-mails from and to those old e-mail addresses. if you delete all e-mails related to those e-mail addresses you wont see them when you want to send or forward any e-mail.