Why does the from column on the mail list sometimes have the front end
of an email address, an entire email address, or the name of a
deceased spouse? How do I get a proper name to appear? The address
cards are all accurate.
What is displayed in the 'from' field is being sent by the email's
originator, it is simply displayed as received by entourage. If their mail
client is set up without a 'proper name' then the email address will be
displayed, if they have used a proper name, it will be displayed instead.
Now, I used to have an applescript that could force the display of whatever
proper name you had stored in your address book...
.... Ah, yes - here it is:
-- Update sender from address book
-- a script by Barry Wainwright <
[email protected]>
-- In response to a request on the Entourage:Mac mailing list
-- 9th April 2002
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution, NonCommercial,
ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
try
set theMess to item 1 of (get current messages)
on error
beep
return -99
end try
set theSender to sender of theMess
set theContacts to find (address of theSender)
if (count theContacts) > 0 then
set theContact to item 1 of theContacts
set theName to display name of theContact
set the display name of theSender to theName
set the sender of theMess to theSender
end if
end tell
Save the script as a compiled script & put it in the ŒEntourage Script Menu
Items¹ folder in your ŒMicrosoft User Data¹ folder. The script can be
manually run from the menu or called as an action in a mail rule.
(interesting that I wrote that script in response to a request on a mailing
list too!)
