Address Book Quirk

[Billy]

I moved my .pst file from Outlook 2000 to Outlook XP.
When I type in a name in the To box on an e-mail it does
not recognize it although it's in the contacts folder.
When I click on the To button it lists my contacts twice,
one with SMTP and the other FAX. How can I just have the
SMTP addresses and not the FAX addresses show up in the
To list?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Typing in the To: field uses autocompletion, which does not use your
Contacts Folder. It uses a cache of names created as you send messages.

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