New e-mail: e-mail address vs fax

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Hergen Eilers - 03 Feb 2004 00:41 GMT

When I type the name of a contact in the "To" field of an e-mail, Outlook can't always complete the entry, because it doesn't know if I want to use the e-mail address or the fax number

Is there a way to have Outlook look only for the e-mail address of a contact and disregard any fax numbers?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 03 Feb 2004 01:38 GMT

The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be changed.
The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to store them in a
different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them with an alpha
character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

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> When I type the name of a contact in the "To" field of an e-mail, Outlook can't always complete the entry, because it doesn't know if I want to use

the e-mail address or the fax number.

> Is there a way to have Outlook look only for the e-mail address of a contact and disregard any fax numbers?

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