Outlook 2007 wont send emails when using contacts

[turbowrx03]

If i select people in my contacts to send out an email, it wont send. It just
gives me a parameter error. But, if i manually type the same email, it will
work. I looked in the contacts, and the email addresses are correct. I did
notice, however, that when i select a contact, outlook puts ' ' around the
addresses. When i removed the ' ' it works. Could this be the issues? If so,
how do i fix this?

 

[Russ Valentine]

You didn't specify the method used for recipient selection.
How were these Contacts created?
Are their email addresses resolved?

 

[turbowrx03]

The used to be associated with an exchange server email account, but now
we've moved over to godaddy. So, i backed up and created the pst file, but
when imported, the contacts are there but doesnt work if i click on one and
try to email them. It just gets stuck in the outbox with errors. The errors
aren't specific. But if i open the email in the outbox, delete the email
address and then type it manually, it works.

 

[turbowrx03]

Well i got it working. I exported contacts to excel and viewed the contact
list. Every email address had ' before the address, so i meticulously removed
that from every email. Also, i had to remove the ' from every email type as
well. But either way, it was a pain, but at least it works.

 

[Russ Valentine]

Here is the lesson you should have learned: You never transfer Outlook data
using export and import. Doing so causes just this kind of problem.
Lesson 2: provide this information when you ask others for help instead of
expecting them to figure out what you did wrong.