Unfortunately, it is not enough to just be able to remove from the list, our client wants to be able to remove the function completely. :(
Why is the setting is removed?

Stefan, can you provide reasons why you wouldn't want at a minimum your contacts to be auto-completed?  Is this an issue with global address list users being auto-completed?  I just want a better understanding of the reason to remove the auto-complete function.

Looks like this is a pretty old thread -- 1 year-old to the day. Well, it got bounced to the top so I'll share my thoughts regarding Auto-complete:

 

Why does it add addresses from Sent Items? This just creates thousands of useless entries:

So, let's say you want to clean the junk from this list:

The one redeeming feature -- when you search for people named Hillary, select all the Hillary records, and click Delete, it only deletes the selected records, not your entire address book like it does in the Contacts section:

http://portal.smartertools.com/community/a87067/bug-that-deletes-all-contacts.aspx

 

In summary, don't bother changing/fixing any of the above items. Remove this separate Auto-Complete list and just use Contacts instead. There is no need for a separate auto-complete list. If a user wants addresses to show up in auto-complete, they can add them to Contacts. Simple.

 

Kevin

 

Thank you, Kevin, as always, for you great comments and suggestions.  You make very valid points for removing auto-complete except for user contact and GAL addresses.  Currently, this is a low priority feature.  However, the more up-votes it receives, the higher traction its implementation will receive.

Had a user call today who was hopelessly confused about all the old & strange email addresses in the drop-down when composing a new message. Hoping these useless addresses from Sent Items can be removed in SM 14.5.

 

There is no need for a separate auto-complete list. If a user wants addresses to show up in auto-complete, simply add them to Contacts. 

Also vote to allow disabling this feature. it's caused plenty of confusion for our users as well

I think auto-complete is a nice feature to have, but it needs to be fixed so it doesn't confuse users. So I took some of the ideas from this thread and created a new post.

 

You can vote for it here:

http://portal.smartertools.com/community/a87997/use-contacts-instead-of-auto-complete-list.aspx

I am about to migrate away from Smartermail unless this is a "feature" that can be disabled. I email myself daily with reminders, and every time I have to comb through TONS of useless emails I have no idea who they are, just to find mine. It would be nice to press the first letter of my email and then TAB to the next field. ALmost like this "feature" is intentionally hindering productivity. I'll give it another couple months, then all my clients (confused as hell), including myself, are migrating away from Smartermail. I've been researching alternatives for about 6 months now.

Hello everyone,

 

We appreciate your feedback on the autocomplete functionality within SmarterMail. With the current direction of SmarterMail, disabling the autocomplete functionality is not something we intend to do. In version 16, autocomplete will be even more important as it will be used to enter the recipient(s) of your message. However, rather than utilizing a separate section to manage those entries, email addresses can be permanently removed directly from the autocomplete dropdown. 

 

I understand this is not the response you may have been anticipating, and we're sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you again for your participation!