partial names note working

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Milo

On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO field and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog Bell" and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported address book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at parts of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that? Thanks!
 
Your operating system has nothing to do with this. Your Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook does not use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
 
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000. Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor, but it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning that it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.
-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this. Your Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook does not use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO field and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog Bell" and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported address book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at parts of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that? Thanks!
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
 
Outlook 2000 has two completely different versions, so we may still need to
know which mail support mode you are using.
My suspicion is that this is nothing more than the fact that when you
reinstall, you start out with a brand new AutoNameCheck list (NICK file)
which you have yet to populate. As you send messages and resolve names,
those resolutions will be stored over time and it will start to function
like your old profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000. Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor, but it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning that it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.
-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this. Your Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook does not use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO field and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog Bell" and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported address book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at parts of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that? Thanks!
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
My old outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.2711.
My new outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.6627.

I appreciate your thoughts, but it just doesn't sound
right. For instance, I just made up a fake person in
Contacts named "Virgil Nomat" and gave him a fake email
address. Then I created a new note, putting "mat" in the
TO field and clicking "Check Names".

All my friends with first names starting with mat showed
up (Matt, Matthew, Mattzog) and any lastnamed people did
too (like Steve Mattison) and even a distribution list
called MATTL showed up. But Mr. Nomat did not.

By contrast, when I typed in "vir" instead, both Virgil
and VirtualHosting.Com showed up. Somewhere, I believe,
there's a setting saying to look only at the beginnings of
partial names for confirmation.
-----Original Message-----
Outlook 2000 has two completely different versions, so we may still need to
know which mail support mode you are using.
My suspicion is that this is nothing more than the fact that when you
reinstall, you start out with a brand new AutoNameCheck list (NICK file)
which you have yet to populate. As you send messages and resolve names,
those resolutions will be stored over time and it will start to function
like your old profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000. Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor, but it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning that it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.
-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this. Your Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook does
Click to expand...
not
use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO field and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog Bell" and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported address book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at
Click to expand...
parts
of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that? Thanks!


.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
 
Believe what you want.
There is no such setting.
You still failed to provide your mail support mode. It's the second line in
Help | About, and it's still necessary to know because it will control the
sort order in the Outlook Address Book. You also need to see if you changed
modes.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
My old outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.2711.
My new outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.6627.

I appreciate your thoughts, but it just doesn't sound
right. For instance, I just made up a fake person in
Contacts named "Virgil Nomat" and gave him a fake email
address. Then I created a new note, putting "mat" in the
TO field and clicking "Check Names".

All my friends with first names starting with mat showed
up (Matt, Matthew, Mattzog) and any lastnamed people did
too (like Steve Mattison) and even a distribution list
called MATTL showed up. But Mr. Nomat did not.

By contrast, when I typed in "vir" instead, both Virgil
and VirtualHosting.Com showed up. Somewhere, I believe,
there's a setting saying to look only at the beginnings of
partial names for confirmation.
-----Original Message-----
Outlook 2000 has two completely different versions, so we may still need to
know which mail support mode you are using.
My suspicion is that this is nothing more than the fact that when you
reinstall, you start out with a brand new AutoNameCheck list (NICK file)
which you have yet to populate. As you send messages and resolve names,
those resolutions will be stored over time and it will start to function
like your old profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000. Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor, but it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning that it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.

-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this. Your
Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook does not
use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO field
and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog Bell" and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported address
book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at parts
of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that? Thanks!


.
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
That's interesting. There IS a difference there and since
I wasn't familiar with the term "mail support mode" I
apologize for not answering your question.

My old w98 says "Internet Mail Only".
My new XP says "Corporate or Workgroup - Security Update".
Is that what you were referring to?
Could this affect my partial name searching?

Again, sorry...but what does "changed modes" mean?
-----Original Message-----
Believe what you want.
There is no such setting.
You still failed to provide your mail support mode. It's the second line in
Help | About, and it's still necessary to know because it will control the
sort order in the Outlook Address Book. You also need to see if you changed
modes.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
My old outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.2711.
My new outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.6627.

I appreciate your thoughts, but it just doesn't sound
right. For instance, I just made up a fake person in
Contacts named "Virgil Nomat" and gave him a fake email
address. Then I created a new note, putting "mat" in the
TO field and clicking "Check Names".

All my friends with first names starting with mat showed
up (Matt, Matthew, Mattzog) and any lastnamed people did
too (like Steve Mattison) and even a distribution list
called MATTL showed up. But Mr. Nomat did not.

By contrast, when I typed in "vir" instead, both Virgil
and VirtualHosting.Com showed up. Somewhere, I believe,
there's a setting saying to look only at the beginnings of
partial names for confirmation.
-----Original Message-----
Outlook 2000 has two completely different versions, so
Click to expand...
we
may still need to
know which mail support mode you are using.
My suspicion is that this is nothing more than the fact that when you
reinstall, you start out with a brand new AutoNameCheck list (NICK file)
which you have yet to populate. As you send messages
Click to expand...
and
resolve names,
those resolutions will be stored over time and it will start to function
like your old profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000. Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor,
Click to expand...
but
it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning
Click to expand...
that
it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.

-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this. Your
Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook
Click to expand...
does
not
use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO field
and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog
Click to expand...
Bell"
and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported address
book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at parts
of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that? Thanks!


.



.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
 
Indeed. That would explain the difference you're seeing. Each mode uses a
different address book engine, so you will see different behavior when it
comes to autoresolution.
To see some of the differences between modes, look here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/choosingmode.htm


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
That's interesting. There IS a difference there and since
I wasn't familiar with the term "mail support mode" I
apologize for not answering your question.

My old w98 says "Internet Mail Only".
My new XP says "Corporate or Workgroup - Security Update".
Is that what you were referring to?
Could this affect my partial name searching?

Again, sorry...but what does "changed modes" mean?
-----Original Message-----
Believe what you want.
There is no such setting.
You still failed to provide your mail support mode. It's the second line in
Help | About, and it's still necessary to know because it will control the
sort order in the Outlook Address Book. You also need to see if you changed
modes.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
My old outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.2711.
My new outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.6627.

I appreciate your thoughts, but it just doesn't sound
right. For instance, I just made up a fake person in
Contacts named "Virgil Nomat" and gave him a fake email
address. Then I created a new note, putting "mat" in the
TO field and clicking "Check Names".

All my friends with first names starting with mat showed
up (Matt, Matthew, Mattzog) and any lastnamed people did
too (like Steve Mattison) and even a distribution list
called MATTL showed up. But Mr. Nomat did not.

By contrast, when I typed in "vir" instead, both Virgil
and VirtualHosting.Com showed up. Somewhere, I believe,
there's a setting saying to look only at the beginnings of
partial names for confirmation.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook 2000 has two completely different versions, so we
may still need to
know which mail support mode you are using.
My suspicion is that this is nothing more than the fact
that when you
reinstall, you start out with a brand new AutoNameCheck
list (NICK file)
which you have yet to populate. As you send messages and
resolve names,
those resolutions will be stored over time and it will
start to function
like your old profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book
wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts
folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst
that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my
old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000.
Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor, but
it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to
distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning that
it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.

-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this. Your
Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook does
not
use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO field
and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog Bell"
and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported address
book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at
parts
of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that?
Thanks!


.



.
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Well if the (e-mail) label is all that's bothering you, you can change that
without changing modes. Modify the resources of the contab32.dll file. See:
http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/outlhow2.htm#contab
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi Russ. Short of reinstalling, is there anything I can
do to get back to the mode that I prefer? Is there a
setting I can change? I do miss the partial names and I
bet this is what's causing all my names to say "(e-mail)"
after each one, which is somewhat annoying.

Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Indeed. That would explain the difference you're seeing. Each mode uses a
different address book engine, so you will see different behavior when it
comes to autoresolution.
To see some of the differences between modes, look here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/choosingmode.htm


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Milo said:
That's interesting. There IS a difference there and since
I wasn't familiar with the term "mail support mode" I
apologize for not answering your question.

My old w98 says "Internet Mail Only".
My new XP says "Corporate or Workgroup - Security Update".
Is that what you were referring to?
Could this affect my partial name searching?

Again, sorry...but what does "changed modes" mean?

-----Original Message-----
Believe what you want.
There is no such setting.
You still failed to provide your mail support mode. It's
the second line in
Help | About, and it's still necessary to know because it
will control the
sort order in the Outlook Address Book. You also need to
see if you changed
modes.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
My old outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.2711.
My new outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.6627.

I appreciate your thoughts, but it just doesn't sound
right. For instance, I just made up a fake person in
Contacts named "Virgil Nomat" and gave him a fake email
address. Then I created a new note, putting "mat" in
the
TO field and clicking "Check Names".

All my friends with first names starting with mat showed
up (Matt, Matthew, Mattzog) and any lastnamed people did
too (like Steve Mattison) and even a distribution list
called MATTL showed up. But Mr. Nomat did not.

By contrast, when I typed in "vir" instead, both Virgil
and VirtualHosting.Com showed up. Somewhere, I believe,
there's a setting saying to look only at the beginnings
of
partial names for confirmation.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook 2000 has two completely different versions, so
we
may still need to
know which mail support mode you are using.
My suspicion is that this is nothing more than the fact
that when you
reinstall, you start out with a brand new AutoNameCheck
list (NICK file)
which you have yet to populate. As you send messages
and
resolve names,
those resolutions will be stored over time and it will
start to function
like your old profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book
wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts
folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst
that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my
old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000.
Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor,
but
it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to
distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning
that
it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.

-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this.
Your
Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook
does
not
use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO
field
and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog
Bell"
and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported
address
book,
it figures out who I mean if I type "Mattzog" but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to look at
parts
of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that?
Thanks!


.



.



.
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Went to the site you recommended. Liked your idea, but it
doesn't have an option for XP. The (email) thing is
unpleasant, but I really miss the partial name.

Again, short of reinstalling, is there anything I can do
to get back to the mode that I prefer?
-----Original Message-----
Well if the (e-mail) label is all that's bothering you, you can change that
without changing modes. Modify the resources of the contab32.dll file. See:
http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/outlhow2.htm#contab
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi Russ. Short of reinstalling, is there anything I can
do to get back to the mode that I prefer? Is there a
setting I can change? I do miss the partial names and I
bet this is what's causing all my names to say "(e- mail)"
after each one, which is somewhat annoying.

Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Indeed. That would explain the difference you're
Click to expand...
seeing.
Each mode uses a
different address book engine, so you will see
Click to expand...
different
behavior when it
comes to autoresolution.
To see some of the differences between modes, look here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/choosingmode.htm


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
That's interesting. There IS a difference there and since
I wasn't familiar with the term "mail support mode" I
apologize for not answering your question.

My old w98 says "Internet Mail Only".
My new XP says "Corporate or Workgroup - Security Update".
Is that what you were referring to?
Could this affect my partial name searching?

Again, sorry...but what does "changed modes" mean?

-----Original Message-----
Believe what you want.
There is no such setting.
You still failed to provide your mail support mode. It's
the second line in
Help | About, and it's still necessary to know
Click to expand...
because
it
will control the
sort order in the Outlook Address Book. You also
Click to expand...
need
to
see if you changed
modes.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
My old outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.2711.
My new outlook is 2000 v 9.0.0.6627.

I appreciate your thoughts, but it just doesn't sound
right. For instance, I just made up a fake person in
Contacts named "Virgil Nomat" and gave him a fake email
address. Then I created a new note, putting "mat" in
the
TO field and clicking "Check Names".

All my friends with first names starting with mat showed
up (Matt, Matthew, Mattzog) and any lastnamed
Click to expand...
people
did
too (like Steve Mattison) and even a distribution list
called MATTL showed up. But Mr. Nomat did not.

By contrast, when I typed in "vir" instead, both Virgil
and VirtualHosting.Com showed up. Somewhere, I believe,
there's a setting saying to look only at the beginnings
of
partial names for confirmation.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook 2000 has two completely different
Click to expand...
versions,
so
we
may still need to
know which mail support mode you are using.
My suspicion is that this is nothing more than
Click to expand...
the
fact
that when you
reinstall, you start out with a brand new AutoNameCheck
list (NICK file)
which you have yet to populate. As you send messages
and
resolve names,
those resolutions will be stored over time and it will
start to function
like your old profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks Russ for asking me to clarify. Address book
wasn't
the right word. All the names are in the Contacts
folder
of my newer XP machine. I imported them via a .pst
that I
exported and burned from my the contacts folder of my
old
Win98 computer.

The Outlook version on both computers is outlook2000.
Can
you help, knowing these things?

i didn't really think that XP vs. 98 was a factor,
but
it
seemed worth mentioning and makes it easier to
distinguish
which machine I'm referring to. And I'm learning
that
it
DOES matter for some things...like my Canon c3000
multipass printer is now useless because Canon isn't
supporting it on XP.

-----Original Message-----
Your operating system has nothing to do with this.
Your
Outlook version
does. You never posted that. Also, since Outlook
does
not
use address books,
could you explain what you mean by that?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
On my Win98 machine, I can type "zog" in the TO
field
and
it figures out that I mean my friend "Mattzog
Bell"
and
gets his email info.

On my new XP machine with the same imported
address
book,
it figures out who I mean if I
Click to expand...
type "Mattzog"
but
not "Zog". Somehow, it needs to know to
Click to expand...
look
at
parts
of
names. Is this just a switch somewhere?

Also, it's putting a parenthesized "(email)" after
everyone's name. Why? Can I get rid of that?
Thanks!


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