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Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm trying to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future use. (I can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are in my global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not resolve they new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
 
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the (e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve) to let you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as advised by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful contact record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all selected, as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



Russ Valentine said:
Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm trying to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future use. (I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are in my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not resolve they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the (e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve) to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as advised by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful contact record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



Russ Valentine said:
Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future use. (I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are in my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off during the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security feature of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


Russ Valentine said:
Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the (e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve) to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as advised by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful contact record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



Russ Valentine said:
Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future use. (I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are in my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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No. The issue is with the format of the addresses as they actually appear in
the field from which you are copying. If they are in Outlook 2003's default
format (which includes both the familiar name and the email address), this
method works, since the address service can store both a name and an address
in the DL. If they are in the format of older versions or other email
software (which use only the familiar name) then the method does not work,
since the address book service sees no address to store.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off during
the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security feature of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


Russ Valentine said:
Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the
(e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve) to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as advised
by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful contact
record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all
selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



:

Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook
version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm
trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future use.
(I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are in
my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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Thank you.

Russ Valentine said:
No. The issue is with the format of the addresses as they actually appear in
the field from which you are copying. If they are in Outlook 2003's default
format (which includes both the familiar name and the email address), this
method works, since the address service can store both a name and an address
in the DL. If they are in the format of older versions or other email
software (which use only the familiar name) then the method does not work,
since the address book service sees no address to store.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off during
the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security feature of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


Russ Valentine said:
Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the
(e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve) to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as advised
by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful contact
record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all
selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



:

Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook
version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm
trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future use.
(I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are in
my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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Hello!

I am not sure if my suggestion will be useful...

Here is one add-in I find in the Internet (I was looking for sending
personilized bulk emails solution):
http://send2.4team.biz/?pcode=607180190pwkkd3

So this tool allows to collect email; addresses from anywhere in your
outlook and create distribution list of them.... in general - cool
tool.... but one minus - limited on trial :(((((

Hope this will help!

Juli
 
Your thank you means it doesn't work right? This questions has been asked
multiple times. The MVP don't have any problems, but everyone else is unable
to get away from the name only format. I have pasted into a text editor and
it gets pasted as names only. I believe that you have to have the names in
your contact database in order for these tips to work. Nobody has been able
to explain how to solve the conversion problem.
--
Bryant


George said:
Thank you.

Russ Valentine said:
No. The issue is with the format of the addresses as they actually appear in
the field from which you are copying. If they are in Outlook 2003's default
format (which includes both the familiar name and the email address), this
method works, since the address service can store both a name and an address
in the DL. If they are in the format of older versions or other email
software (which use only the familiar name) then the method does not work,
since the address book service sees no address to store.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
George said:
I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off during
the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security feature of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


:

Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the
(e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve) to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as advised
by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful contact
record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all
selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



:

Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook
version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm
trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future use.
(I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are in
my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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Was there a part of my explanation you did not understand?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bjenks said:
Your thank you means it doesn't work right? This questions has been asked
multiple times. The MVP don't have any problems, but everyone else is
unable
to get away from the name only format. I have pasted into a text editor
and
it gets pasted as names only. I believe that you have to have the names
in
your contact database in order for these tips to work. Nobody has been
able
to explain how to solve the conversion problem.
--
Bryant


George said:
Thank you.

Russ Valentine said:
No. The issue is with the format of the addresses as they actually
appear in
the field from which you are copying. If they are in Outlook 2003's
default
format (which includes both the familiar name and the email address),
this
method works, since the address service can store both a name and an
address
in the DL. If they are in the format of older versions or other email
software (which use only the familiar name) then the method does not
work,
since the address book service sees no address to store.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off
during
the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security feature
of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


:

Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the
(e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve)
to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as
advised
by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a
single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful
contact
record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all
selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



:

Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook
version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm
trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future
use.
(I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are
in
my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail
address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not
resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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If somebody wants directions from one location to another, understanding the
directions don't do any good if it doesn't get you there. Maybe the person
didn't take into consideration of their directions some hazards such as a 4x4
would be required or there is 500 miles between gas stations. The point of
the matter understanding directions is different than getting there. Search
all the post for this same situation and you will see the multiple people
give your answer and multiple people can't get it to work.
--
Bryant


Russ Valentine said:
Was there a part of my explanation you did not understand?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bjenks said:
Your thank you means it doesn't work right? This questions has been asked
multiple times. The MVP don't have any problems, but everyone else is
unable
to get away from the name only format. I have pasted into a text editor
and
it gets pasted as names only. I believe that you have to have the names
in
your contact database in order for these tips to work. Nobody has been
able
to explain how to solve the conversion problem.
--
Bryant


George said:
Thank you.

:

No. The issue is with the format of the addresses as they actually
appear in
the field from which you are copying. If they are in Outlook 2003's
default
format (which includes both the familiar name and the email address),
this
method works, since the address service can store both a name and an
address
in the DL. If they are in the format of older versions or other email
software (which use only the familiar name) then the method does not
work,
since the address book service sees no address to store.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off
during
the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security feature
of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


:

Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board, the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the
(e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security perspecitve)
to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as
advised
by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a
single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful
contact
record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all
selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



:

Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your Outlook
version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me. I'm
trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for future
use.
(I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks are
in
my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail
address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not
resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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As I've said, I've only been able to get it to work if the Email Display As
field contains both the familiar name and the actual email address. Looks
like the mileage varies on this quite a bit.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bjenks said:
If somebody wants directions from one location to another, understanding
the
directions don't do any good if it doesn't get you there. Maybe the
person
didn't take into consideration of their directions some hazards such as a
4x4
would be required or there is 500 miles between gas stations. The point
of
the matter understanding directions is different than getting there.
Search
all the post for this same situation and you will see the multiple people
give your answer and multiple people can't get it to work.
--
Bryant


Russ Valentine said:
Was there a part of my explanation you did not understand?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bjenks said:
Your thank you means it doesn't work right? This questions has been
asked
multiple times. The MVP don't have any problems, but everyone else is
unable
to get away from the name only format. I have pasted into a text
editor
and
it gets pasted as names only. I believe that you have to have the
names
in
your contact database in order for these tips to work. Nobody has been
able
to explain how to solve the conversion problem.
--
Bryant


:

Thank you.

:

No. The issue is with the format of the addresses as they actually
appear in
the field from which you are copying. If they are in Outlook 2003's
default
format (which includes both the familiar name and the email
address),
this
method works, since the address service can store both a name and an
address
in the DL. If they are in the format of older versions or other
email
software (which use only the familiar name) then the method does not
work,
since the address book service sees no address to store.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that
shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off
during
the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security
feature
of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


:

Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they
sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board,
the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the
(e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security
perspecitve)
to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the
E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as
advised
by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a
single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful
contact
record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all
selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



:

Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your
Outlook
version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me.
I'm
trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for
future
use.
(I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks
are
in
my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail
address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not
resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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Does any of the information here help?
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/copy_data.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bjenks said:
If somebody wants directions from one location to another, understanding
the
directions don't do any good if it doesn't get you there. Maybe the
person
didn't take into consideration of their directions some hazards such as a
4x4
would be required or there is 500 miles between gas stations. The point
of
the matter understanding directions is different than getting there.
Search
all the post for this same situation and you will see the multiple people
give your answer and multiple people can't get it to work.
--
Bryant


Russ Valentine said:
Was there a part of my explanation you did not understand?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bjenks said:
Your thank you means it doesn't work right? This questions has been
asked
multiple times. The MVP don't have any problems, but everyone else is
unable
to get away from the name only format. I have pasted into a text
editor
and
it gets pasted as names only. I believe that you have to have the
names
in
your contact database in order for these tips to work. Nobody has been
able
to explain how to solve the conversion problem.
--
Bryant


:

Thank you.

:

No. The issue is with the format of the addresses as they actually
appear in
the field from which you are copying. If they are in Outlook 2003's
default
format (which includes both the familiar name and the email
address),
this
method works, since the address service can store both a name and an
address
in the DL. If they are in the format of older versions or other
email
software (which use only the familiar name) then the method does not
work,
since the address book service sees no address to store.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I saw the request for clarified address format and version,
but I did not recognize the link as such.
Sorry.

Now, I've reviewed the link and instructions but it did not work.

In Outlook 2003, when I copy a name like:
Valentine, Russ <[email protected]>
from the To: box of a message, and paste it anywhere, all that
shows
anywhere I paste it is the "Valentine Russ" part; the
<[email protected]> part appears to have been stripped-off
during
the
copy action, as one can verify using Clipbrd.exe.

My conjecture is that this behavior is some sort of security
feature
of
2003, intended to stop spammers. Do you think so?

Sorry to beat a dead horse.


:

Did you try the instructions I already posted?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook version is 2003.
The addresses are simply in the To: part of the message they
sent.
The problem with copying them is this:
If you Reply All, and then copy the names to the clip board,
the
addresses
of the form:
Last, First <[email protected]>
appear in the clipboard (and as Pasted) without the
(e-mail address removed)
part. Outlook seems to be too smart (from security
perspecitve)
to let
you
paste email addresses not already in your Contacts List.

To see what I'm talking about, try this, please:
1) Create a dummy message To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);[email protected]
2) Right click any one of these addresses and look at the
E-Mail
Properties.
3) Select and Drag these three names into a Contacts folder, as
advised
by
Help.
4) Note that it copies the names into the comments section of a
single
Contact instead of creating three contacts.
5) Note: You can right-click *each*, and create a beautiful
contact
record
for them, but I thought there might be a way to do that for all
selected,
as
implied by Help.

Question (reiterated):
Is there a way to build a Contacts list from a To: list?

Thanks for your help.
George



:

Answer depends on the format of these addresses and your
Outlook
version,
neither of which you posted.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20041105.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Somebody sent a message to a bunch of folks including me.
I'm
trying
to
create a distribution list of the folks on the list for
future
use.
(I
can
forward or reply all and everyone resolves.) Some of folks
are
in
my
global
contacts list; some are in local Outlook Contacts list;
but some show as E-mail Properties - Display name; E-Mail
address.

I thought there would be an easy way to drag everyone into a
distribution
list, but the folks that look like this do not resolve:
Last, First <[email protected]>
If I copy the names they are not visible in ClipBook viewer.

Should I just right-click on each and add them to contacts?
Or is there an easier way?
Help indicated a very simple Drag/Drop idea, but it did not
resolve
they
new
folks.

Thanks in advance for your help.
George
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