Outlook should enable one to view actual email addresses

[Steve300]

When I select a recipient from my contacts the message header displays the
recipeients Name but not the email address. If I right click on the name
Outlook brings up the address card. Now when I have multiple email addresses
for a person I cannot tell which one is being used and I have no way to
select the email address for that specific message. As a result I hand type
in the email address I want and don't get the benefit of using the contacts.

Also when receiving Outlook messages when only the Name/alias is displayed a
huge security issue opens up because one can't tell where the message is
coming from.

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

What version of outlook are you using? Outlook 2002 and 2003 use "display
name (email_address)" format for the email display name in the address book.

Outlook 2003 (I forget if 2002 does) shows 'display name [email_address]' on
messages received from the internet in the preview pane and opened messages.
It's not a security risk with Exchange server as the display name is taken
from the gal, not controlled by the sender.

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