When I copy and paste an email address into the to field, the message is not
sent and when I look in the Sent Items folder, it is empty. Why?

Did you attempt to resolve the address using Ctrl+K?

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After furious head scratching, helpkipls asked:

| When I copy and paste an email address into the to field, the message
| is not sent and when I look in the Sent Items folder, it is empty.
| Why?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> Did you attempt to resolve the address using Ctrl+K?
>
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> No -- the email address does not exist in contacts. It works as a workaround if you create a contact and check names. I was just wondering if there is a service pack or some other fix that would allow me to copy a new email address into the to: field and send the message.

Thanks!

helpkipls <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> No -- the email address does not exist in contacts. It works as a
> workaround if you create a contact and check names. I was just
> wondering if there is a service pack or some other fix that would
> allow me to copy a new email address into the to: field and send the
> message.

The address doesn't have to exist in contacts. Enter the address, then
press CTRL-K. If it's a syntactically-correct address, it should underline
and Outlook should senfd the message when you click Send.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]