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I just started using Mail on my 10.8 system and I notice that in the To: field, some addresses are filled in automatially when I type in the name, but some are not, even if they are present in my Addressbook (which is synchronized with an Exchange server, in case that matters). What am I missing - why isn't it picking up some entries from Addressbook?

Sue, I'm glad you tried this. I had been considering trying what you did, but after reading your note I finally decided to give up the ghost on Apple Mail. It just got severely broken with Gmail accounts in Mavericks. Mail was never what I would call "robust" to begin with. I hate those very long "database upgrades" when you upgrade your OS. And I've had it completely fail when attempting to restore once from Time Machine, and had to get my data retrieved from my CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) backup instead. So I feel pretty skeptical about Mail.app now.
I'm sure Applel is aware of it, which is why they released a "fixed" update of Mail. Unfortunately it didn't fix it.
In my case, I've switched to the Airmail mail client, available from the App Store for just $1.99. It has its own quirks, but it also has some really nice features that Mail doesn't have, and the developers seem to be more actively interested in upgrading it all the time.
I also tried Thunderbird, which is much improved over the last time I tried it years ago, and is worth looking at, and free. But I found it rather slow compared to Airmail.
My recommendation would be to try Airmail for now. You can also download their "beta" instead of the version from the App store. That is free, and keeps you on the leading edge of bug fixes.
Since it is IMAP, if you don't like it, you can always go back to Mail or another client if you find something better. But at least Airmail works with Gmail and your mail reliably comes in!
http://airmailapp.com/
Doug
p.s. As the OP (original poster) of this thread I think your post was appropriate and useful for me and others having the same problem you are.

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