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lyn - 29 Jun 2005 13:16 GMT

I have been using Outlook for many years, but I just realized that nobody
else's messages from Outlook show the "To: " address like mine do. Anytime I
use an e-mail address from my Contacts, the name is shown with " (E-mail) "
appended to it.
For example,

To: Thomas (E-mail)

Of course, the display name in the actual Contact listing never shows it
that way, but every name in my Contact list is displayed with (E-mail) added
on every time I address a new message.

I'm using Outlook 2000 with the Corporate/Workgroup profile.

What have I done?

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Brian Tillman - 29 Jun 2005 16:11 GMT

> I have been using Outlook for many years, but I just realized that
> nobody else's messages from Outlook show the "To: " address like mine
> do. Anytime I use an e-mail address from my Contacts, the name is
> shown with " (E-mail) " appended to it.

The "(E-mail)" refers to the field name in the Contacts record. If you had
addresses in the "E-mail2" or "E-mail3" fields, you would see "Name
(E-mail2)" or "Name (E-mail3)" if you were to choose one of thoes addresses.
According to other posts in the Outlook newsgroups, this display is
hard-coded in Outlook 2000. However, since you say others don't see it, I
can't explain it. The determination of what to display changed in Outlook
2002. Are you sure the other people you mention are using Outlook 2000 as
you are?

Here's a reference to one message that claims the display is hard-coded.
Neo is an MVP, so I'd tend to trust what he says.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/71fe9fe
3d3506727?dmode=source&hl=en

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lyn - 29 Jun 2005 16:38 GMT

Thanks for the reply Brian.
I think that answers it. The post you referenced reads like the effect only
applies to users of the Corporate/Workgroup version. When I started using
Outlook, the company I worked for used Exchange so we all ahd C/W. I've
always used that setup ever since. But I don't know many other Exchange
users. If the "Internet Only" profile doesn't hard-code field name the same
way, that would explain why don't see others looking like mine.
Think I'll try a switch to Internet Only and see what happens. I'll report
back here so we can have something definitive in this thread.
Thanks again
- Lyn

> > I have been using Outlook for many years, but I just realized that
> > nobody else's messages from Outlook show the "To: " address like mine
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> Neo is an MVP, so I'd tend to trust what he says.
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/71fe9fe
3d3506727?dmode=source&hl=en

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