Disable the global address book from email app?

I am syncing with Exchange, and when I go to type an address in the email application it first shows me the result from my contacts before flooding the suggestion list with crap from the GAL.
i.e. If I type "t" into the "TO" box it first shows a few results, my friend Tim, my other friend last name Thompson etc. Then after a second or 2, the list is flooded with any of the thousands of people in the GAL.
Is there no way to disable this? I never want to use the GAL really, but I do need to sync my contacts with Exchange.

Hi,
Please try the following commands:
$filter = (Get-GlobalAddressList 'Default Global Address List').RecipientFilter
Get-Recipient -RecipientPreviewFilter $filter | Where-Object {$_.HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled -ne $false} | Select-Object Name,PrimarySmtpAddress | Export-CSV c:\GAL.csv -NoTypeInformation
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Winnie Liang
TechNet Community Support

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On 6/4/2010 10:26 AM, JHummer wrote:
>
> We have 8 PO's(1 primary& 7 secondaries)
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When a user is created& given
> a GroupWise account that user's name shows up in all Global Address
> book's except for one domain/PO. I have ran GroupWise maintenace& I
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>
>
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