Recently, in a similar thread, I had this same discussion with Russ Valentine
[MVP] and I sent him an e-mail message to prove that it can/does work. I think
he was also amazed upon its receipt.
I assume that we both were using POP3 servers.
Keep in mind that I'm using OL2002. The OP never stated which version he is
using.
This feature also works well in Outlook Express, as long as the Display-As field
is properly configured, or if OE is configured to use Outlook's Contacts with
the Display-As fields tailored to suit.
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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| In | Snarky Parker <
[email protected]> typed:
| > If you happen to be running Outlook 2002, I've found that this
| > feature can be controlled by editing the "Display-As" field for every
| > record in Contacts, tailoring it to show only the name.
| >
| > Your To and Cc fields must be filed from Contacts to ensure the
| > wanted results.
| >
| > This technique may not work in OL2003.
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| I played with this and couldn't make it work. The sender controls the
| display name on his/her own address (and even that may not be sufficient,
| depending on the mail servers through which the message passes). The display
| name for *recipients* is for the convenience of the sender only. Mail
| servers don't really care about display names.
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| > | >>
| >> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
| >>> In | >>> (e-mail address removed) <
[email protected]> typed:
| >>>> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
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| >>>>>
| >>>>> You can't control this....sorry.
| >>>>
| >>>> In principle, what controls this? (I mean on a lower level.) If I
| >>>> were to send the message programatically (say in .Net or java)
| >>>> could I be able to control it?
| >>>
| >>> No. You can't control the display name in a recipient on a message
| >>> you send out over the Internet. You can control *your* display name
| >>> (usually) - and if you were using an internal mail server, and all
| >>> recipients were internal users, the display name would be
| >>> controlled centrally there.
| >>>
| >>> Must ask - what makes you ask?
| >>
| >> Business reasons. If the cc two of our clients and one name appears
| >> and the other only appears as an email, the latter feels slighted.
| >>
| >> Which makes me, in a way, repeat my technical question: how come this
| >> happens. What is it in (or out of) my Outlook that determines whether
| >> the name or merely the email address appears in the CC field?
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