On 2/3/06, andrey mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What I want is a mail reader that will ... oh, never mind, I think I
> > want the macos x mail reader. But who knows, maybe that's as bad as all
> > the others.
>
> the osx mail reader doesn't do autocompletion. instead, you need to
> keep a separate addressbook application open, from which to pick the
> addresses you want. not any addressbook app, mind you, osx' default
> addressbook.



Hmmm that's not true at all from my 4 years of using it almost exclusively
:)  It always autocompletes for me it uses not just entries from the address
book but emails I've sent to before.  My boss has about 10 email addresses
for instance... only one is the address book, however when I type his first
name I get a big list of all the people with the same first name whom I've
emailed.


it also hides the real email address you're sending to unless you
> configure it out of preferences, showing you only the 'name'.
>

Sure, but it also gives you a drop down list to choose from as you type.