kiteandcamera

That is not normal. I just opened Clie Mail on my NX-80, started a new email, tapped To, and all contacts from the address book with email addresses were available to me. I cannot imagine what may be wrong with your setup. Maybe you could try a hotsync with your contacts file set to "Desktop overwrites handheld". This would insure your Palm Desktop/Outlook contacts are definitely transferred to your Clie.

Also, make sure that the email addresses in your handheld are properly mapped as E-Mail, rather than Mobile or Fax. A slight oversight in Palm Desktop or Outlook can create a problem if entries are not properly mapped.

Regarding your inability to start an email from your address book...Open Address, open the drop-down menu and choose Options > Preferences and check "Enable Tap-Dialing or Tap-E-Mail-Address. See if that helps.