re: display email addresses in Outlook Express
Monday, December 1, 2003 at 1:22 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by David
(1 messages posted)
If you do not get a 'distribution list deleted' message but just can't get the actual
email address to display - I found this to be caused by a discrepancy between the
setting for 'name displayed' eg. 'Bloggs, Joe' or 'Joe Bloggs' between the ADDRESS
book and the CONTACT list in Outlook 2000. EVEN IF the properties show them to be
displayed the same - reclick on the one you want in address book and it will automatically
update CONTACTS to match - i.e. show actual email address. This is a problem where
an address book is imported (I imported from Lotus). This saves an enormous amount
of hassle that I had no time to try in other solutions given.
On Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 1:54 pm, chester wrote:
>For Windows 2000 users with Outlook 2000: I don't know if these links will help
your
>annoyance, but I have found that when you move your Outlook 2000 PST file to a different
>location on your harddrive, Outlook replaces Contacts' email addresses with first
>and last names. Very annoying.
>
>To make matters worse, when you try to get the Properties on the name (to try and
>recover the actual email address), it displays the error message, "The name or distribution
>list entry has been deleted and is no longer a valid address book entry. The item
>cannot be found." Now my day is going *just* perfect.
>
>If you follow the "Change the E-mail Type of All Contacts" procedure at...
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q180522&
>
>... it at least restores the email address Property data, though it still continues
>to display the Contact name rather than the actual email address.
>
>Now, you can replace these by hand as shown here:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q277747&
>
>Or, to do it en masse, use the export/import method as described in the first link,
>but with this new twist: When you import your Contacts, follow step 7 ('Click "Clear
>Map," "Default Map'), but instead drag "Email Address" from the FROM column into
>the "Email Display Address" in the TO column. (Repeat for Email 2 and Email 3, respectively.)
>This will eliminate the "Email Display Name". What will remain, after the import
>is done, is the email address.
>
>Voila, the email address are displayed in the email fields! Right as rain.
>
>As usual, an operation of this importance requires you to make good backups of your
>data, lest something strange happen. Thus far, this Export-out, Import-in method
>doesn't appear to have any downsides (i.e. impacting the other data fields), but
>you never know...
>
>The kicker to all of this appears in the second MS article above where it says,"This
>behavior is by design."
>
>I love it.
>
>- Chester
>
>
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