Can't insert email hyperlink into contact

[livetohike]

I can paste or type URLs (www.foo.com) into the Notes section of an
Outlook contact just fine. But pasting/typing and email does not
automatically turn into a hyperlink (it stays as non-acitve text).

If I type mailto://[email protected], it does work, but it is displayed as
mailto://[email protected], rather than changing to the more aesthetic
(e-mail address removed).

I can't seem to edit the link, and there is nothing applicable when
you right-click on it, nor can I can't find insert hyperlink or its
equivalent.

By design?

Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

I can paste or type URLs (www.foo.com) into the Notes section of an
Outlook contact just fine. But pasting/typing and email does not
automatically turn into a hyperlink (it stays as non-acitve text).

If I type mailto://[email protected], it does work, but it is displayed as
mailto://[email protected], rather than changing to the more aesthetic
(e-mail address removed).

First, the mailto introducer is never followed by two slashes. That's
simply incorrrect syntax. The correct syntax for a mailto URL is
mailto:[email protected] . I tried the correct syntax and it worked for me.

Second, The contact form already contains three e-mail fields. Why do you
need to put a mailto URL in the notes section in the first place?

 

[livetohike]

First, the mailto introducer is never followed by two slashes. That's
simply incorrrect syntax. The correct syntax for a mailto URL is
mailto:[email protected] . I tried the correct syntax and it worked for me.

Second, The contact form already contains three e-mail fields. Why do you
need to put a mailto URL in the notes section in the first place?

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I meant mailto:[email protected].
When you say 'it worked' did it display as mailto:[email protected] or
(e-mail address removed)? The latter is what I am trying to achieve.

My point is that the notes section of a Contact understands typing
www.site.com and automatically converts it into a hyperlink, but does
not understand typing (e-mail address removed) (leaves it as plain text).

Typing mailto:[email protected] does yield a mail hyperlink but displays it
as "mailto:[email protected]" (kind of ugly).

My question: Is there a way to insert an email hyperlink that
displays as "mailto:[email protected]"? My gut says yes.


For reasons not worth getting into the email fields built into the
form, do not meet my needs. I need keep a handful of emails in the
notes section of the form. Currently, I cut/paste when I need them.
It sure would be nice to just click, and have a new email pop up.

Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

Yes, I meant mailto:[email protected].
When you say 'it worked' did it display as mailto:[email protected] or
(e-mail address removed)? The latter is what I am trying to achieve.

It displayed the former, but why would you care, since it does what it;s
supposed to do and creates a new message window when you click it?

My point is that the notes section of a Contact understands typing
www.site.com and automatically converts it into a hyperlink, but does
not understand typing (e-mail address removed) (leaves it as plain text).

Typing mailto:[email protected] does yield a mail hyperlink but displays it
as "mailto:[email protected]" (kind of ugly).

So am I, but my mother still loves me. If it works, who cares?

My question: Is there a way to insert an email hyperlink that
displays as "mailto:[email protected]"? My gut says yes.

My experience says "no".

For reasons not worth getting into the email fields built into the
form, do not meet my needs. I need keep a handful of emails in the
notes section of the form. Currently, I cut/paste when I need them.
It sure would be nice to just click, and have a new email pop up.

And you can, if you specify a real mailto URL.

 

[livetohike]

It displayed the former, but why would you care, since it does what it;s
supposed to do and creates a new message window when you click it?



So am I, but my mother still loves me. If it works, who cares?


My experience says "no".


And you can, if you specify a real mailto URL.

Thanks for the follow up, a definitive answer, and making me laugh.

I guess I care for the same reason applications give us hundreds of
ways to personalize our experience: colors, toolbars, fonts, 'skins',
etc., etc. None of these add any new functionality or practical
value, but they do let us make our working environment more to our own
personal tastes, and hurray for that!

Just to close this out, I do have a 'real' reason for not being able
to use the 'mailto' syntax: I print out (and email) the notes section
often for non-techies and the mailto syntax would confuse them (also
not acceptable in a business setting). Maybe a future version will
have the 'mailto:' and 'http:// ' prefixes work in the same fasion ;-)

Thanks again.

 

[Philip Levin]

I also keep lists of company emails in a single Outlook contact. If don't select MS Word as my email editor, I am required to use "Mailto:" before each email address. But if you select MS Word as your email editor and configure Word to enter email hyperlinks automatically, you don't have to worry about "mailto:" anymore. Word converts them automatically.

First, the mailto introducer is never followed by two slashes. That's
simply incorrrect syntax. The correct syntax for a mailto URL is
mailto:[email protected] . I tried the correct syntax and it worked for me.

Second, The contact form already contains three e-mail fields. Why do you
need to put a mailto URL in the notes section in the first place?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

On Friday, December 07, 2007 10:56 PM livetohike wrote:
I can paste or type URLs (www.foo.com) into the Notes section of an
Outlook contact just fine. But pasting/typing and email does not
automatically turn into a hyperlink (it stays as non-acitve text).

If I type mailto://[email protected], it does work, but it is displayed as
mailto://[email protected], rather than changing to the more aesthetic
(e-mail address removed).

I can't seem to edit the link, and there is nothing applicable when
you right-click on it, nor can I can't find insert hyperlink or its
equivalent.

By design?

Thanks