How to Add Addresses to Outlook Express Address Book

Last Updated: May 6, 2021

There are many ways that you can add addresses to the Outlook Express Address Book, having all of the ways be easy and fast! Here are 3 ways that you can do this.

Steps

1
If you receive an email and want to add the sender's email address and name to your Address Book, right-click on the sender's name in the header (From, Subject, Received line) of their email.
- Choose “Add sender to address book". Open address book and check it out.
2
If you want to add a new email manually, open the address book, click <new>, then choose <contact>.

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3
Click the <name> tab.
4
Fill in “First" and “Last" names in the appropriate boxes.
5
Type the email address in the proper box.
6
Click <add>.
- Note: if it’s the only address for that contact, it will be the default (Main) address. Otherwise, you will have to select which one you want as the default address.
7
Click <ok>.
8
Locate the email address when you receive one of another person written in an email.
9
Right click and choose <add to address book>.
10
A window should open; if it doesn't, open the address book and double click the new address.
11
Click the Name tab and overwrite the email address in the First Name box; then input the last name in the Last Name box.
- The email address will be in the 'e-mail adress' box.
12
Click <ok>

Warnings

In the first example <Add sender to address book>, if the sender does not have his or her name input properly in the <From> header, it will not enter into the First and Last name box properly either (for example, a nickname or just an email address). To rectify this double click the name you want to edit, and in the window that'll open click the "Name" tab, then edit the information, and click OK.

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