How to get nicknames to autoresolve

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Martin - 18 Mar 2005 12:21 GMT

I hope someone out there has found a solution to this.

Outlook 2002, (Windows XP prof)

I want to speed up the writing of emailadresses then typing new email
messages. I am familiar with autocompletion and autoresolution but I
am not satisfied.

I used to use very short nicknames for the people I often send emails
to, but writing a nick name in the field "Nickname" in contacts does
not help since Outlook doesn't autoresolve from that field.

I know the possibility to write the nickname in the field "Display as"
but I do not want the receiver to see my nickname.

For example, my own name (Martin Rådbo) will get a nick called: "mr"
but of course I wouldn't like the receptient to see "mr Martin Rådbo".

Is there another way?

// Martin

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Randy - 18 Mar 2005 14:59 GMT

I'm fairly familiar with your issues and unfortunately I don't have a
suggestion for you. The rub is in you not wanting to be able to have the
recipient see the mr or nickname part of your e-mail.

For other autocomplete tips, feel free to review:
http://www.dcs-imaging.com/autocompletetips.htm

Randy

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Mar 2005 23:38 GMT

Your post is unclear.
What is it you want to do?

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Martin - 19 Mar 2005 14:49 GMT

"> Your post is unclear."

Hmmmm, I will try to explain it better.

I want to add a short nickname to some of the addresses in "Contacts"
in Outlook 2002. The nickname should not be seen by the receiver, it
should only be used to quickly write a new message.

For example, writing to Martin Rådbo, i want to put just the nickname
for him in the To:-field and then Outlook should resolve the name from
contacts.

Are you still confused of my intention?

// Martin

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Mar 2005 14:56 GMT

Then you must use autoresolution, not autocompletion. The latter will not
use your Contacts. You can manually resolve any name you want and Outlook
should then save that resolution for future use.
Note that this functionality has not been tested extensively in later
versions of Outlook. Autocompletion has largely replaced autoresolution, and
autoresolution functions seem to have become unreliable and unpredictable
now that both autoresolution and autocompletion use the same data file.

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ProfDD - 20 Mar 2005 04:22 GMT

Someone in this group suggested creating a distribution list (DL) with
one or more e-mail addresses of a single person, with the name of the
DL being the person's nickname or initials. I have started using the
technique for those I send mail to often, such as my wife, close
relatives, close friends, and close business associates. It's a
kludge, but a good way to make use of DLs, which are hard to maintain
for their intended purpose in many cases.

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Martin - 22 Mar 2005 11:13 GMT

Thanks for your suggestions.

I have done it with som distribution lists, it works even if it's not
a very professional solution.

Hope Microsoft reads this...

// Martin

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