Mass email help

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When I attempt to send mass emails through my contacts, Outlook sends the
message to the Business Fax number as well as, or instead of, the actual
email address. Is there a way to stop this so that Outlook sends only to the
email address??
 
State what method you are using.
Outlook is doing precisely what you told it to. This is end user error.
 
I open a new email and click on the "To:" button, which opens up my contacts
list.
The list is adding business fax numbers under the "e-mail address" tab. How
do I stop it from doing that so that I can send mass e-mails to only e-mail
addresses?
-This is with Outlook 2007

Russ Valentine said:
State what method you are using.
Outlook is doing precisely what you told it to. This is end user error.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
massemail said:
When I attempt to send mass emails through my contacts, Outlook sends the
message to the Business Fax number as well as, or instead of, the actual
email address. Is there a way to stop this so that Outlook sends only to
the
email address??
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As I said, Outlook is doing exactly what you told it to. The To: button does
not "open your Contacts List (whatever that means)." It opens the Outlook
Address Book view which contains every electronic address you have created
in your Contacts Folders. Obviously, that includes any address to which you
could send a message, including fax numbers and pagers.
The address book view has always been a poor choice for recipient selection
and you would never use the address book for this if you don't want to send
to all your electronic addresses.
If you want to send only to a subset of your addresses then use one of
Outlook's well documented methods to create an appropriate subset:
1. Separate Contact Folders
2. Categories
3. Distribution Lists
The Help files are your friend. Never be afraid to use them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
massemail said:
I open a new email and click on the "To:" button, which opens up my
contacts
list.
The list is adding business fax numbers under the "e-mail address" tab.
How
do I stop it from doing that so that I can send mass e-mails to only
e-mail
addresses?
-This is with Outlook 2007

Russ Valentine said:
State what method you are using.
Outlook is doing precisely what you told it to. This is end user error.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
massemail said:
When I attempt to send mass emails through my contacts, Outlook sends
the
message to the Business Fax number as well as, or instead of, the
actual
email address. Is there a way to stop this so that Outlook sends only
to
the
email address??
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I open a new email and click on the "To:" button, which opens up my contacts
list.
The list is adding business fax numbers under the "e-mail address" tab. How
do I stop it from doing that so that I can send mass e-mails to only e-mail
addresses?
Click to expand...

Open each contact in your Contacts folder with a FAX number and either remove
that number or modify it so that Outlook can't tell it's a phone number. Some
people prepend an "F" to the number.
 
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