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Prevent fax numbers appearing as email type in a contacts list?

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savage - 10 Jan 2005 20:33 GMT
New contacts folder doubles every contact by including email and fax numbers
in the address book when composing a message for email distribution.  Is
there any way to prevent this?
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 10 Jan 2005 21:05 GMT
Outlook considers fax numbers to be valid electronic addresses, since there
are many client- and server-based components that can use such addresses.

One method to hide fax numbers from the address book is to prefix the fax
number with one or more letters (maybe B for business fax, H for home, O for
other). If the fax number begins with a letter, Outlook won't show it in the
address book.

There are a couple of utilities that can help you hide fax numbers from the
address book. See http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/rshifa.htm and
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers).

Another way to avoid having fax numbers appear in the address book is
simply not to enter data in the fax fields. Put fax numbers in some other
(non-phone) fields.

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Russ Valentine
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> New contacts folder doubles every contact by including email and fax
> numbers
> in the address book when composing a message for email distribution.  Is
> there any way to prevent this?
savage - 11 Jan 2005 00:11 GMT
Thanks.  Problem solved!

> Outlook considers fax numbers to be valid electronic addresses, since there
> are many client- and server-based components that can use such addresses.
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> > in the address book when composing a message for email distribution.  Is
> > there any way to prevent this?
 
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