Address book access

Hello, I have a question regarding the Address Book application. Is there a way to unlink some of the contacts in Address Book that I don't usually contact from Mail.app. I have contact information of some university professors and some of them have pretty common names. There are so many times when I am drafting an email to a friend and almost selected the wrong guy instead. Is there a way to make specific individuals not auto appear in mail.
Also since I'm on the topic, is there a way to encrypt a specific distribution lists? I also have some work contacts whom I'd prefer not to appear readily to anyone who opens my address book. Is there an add-on to add password protect function to individual distribution lists?
Thank you!

Hey, I'm not sure that there's a way to do specifically what you are asking. However, you might try prefixing the names of professors so they don't show up unless you want them to like
ProfJoe, Blow
instead of
Joe Blow.
As for password protecting certain parts of your stuff, I think the closest thing is to not let anyone on your user account. (sorry)
EDIT: Hey check this other thread out, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1301150&tstart=0 that should help you with your first question.
Message was edited by: krazytekn0

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