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dlrowell - 12 Feb 2004 05:01 GMT

I'm using Outlook 2003 under WinXP Pro

Is there, or should there be some correspondence between the "from" field on a new e-mail message and an Outlook contact item; that is, should the mail engine know that the person sending the message is "me"? And do I need to define "me" by setting up an Outlook contact item that has my name and various e-mail addresses in it?

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 12 Feb 2004 12:18 GMT

Why do you feel a need to define "me"?

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> I'm using Outlook 2003 under WinXP Pro.
>
> Is there, or should there be some correspondence between the "from" field on a new e-mail message and an Outlook contact item; that is, should the

mail engine know that the person sending the message is "me"? And do I need
to define "me" by setting up an Outlook contact item that has my name and
various e-mail addresses in it?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 12 Feb 2004 21:31 GMT

Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options... > Add-in Manager... > Theology

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> Why do you feel a need to define "me"?
> > I'm using Outlook 2003 under WinXP Pro.
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> to define "me" by setting up an Outlook contact item that has my name and
> various e-mail addresses in it?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 12 Feb 2004 22:22 GMT

LOL!

> Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options... > Add-in Manager... > Theology
> > Why do you feel a need to define "me"?
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> > to define "me" by setting up an Outlook contact item that has my name and
> > various e-mail addresses in it?

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dlrowell - 13 Feb 2004 00:27 GMT

Well, I'm thinking about the "e-mail address" and "reply
to" fields on the e-mail account set-up sheet; is that
data completely independent of any date from an Outlook
contact item that I created for myself? It seems to me it
would be useful if Outlook knew that one equaled the
other.

As to "why define 'me,'" I'm thinking about the "add a
vcard to a signature" help file in Outlook. It suggests
adding a vcard to your sig; to create the vCard you
(apparently must) use the "New card from contact"
feature, and for that procedure there has to be a contact
item to select from, i.e., "me."

>-----Original Message-----
>Why do you feel a need to define "me"?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 13 Feb 2004 00:59 GMT

Yes, they're completely separate. Have fun with your vCard.

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> Well, I'm thinking about the "e-mail address" and "reply
> to" fields on the e-mail account set-up sheet; is that
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Why do you feel a need to define "me"?

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