Display contacts company name

[Guest]

How can I display a contacts company name in my "sent items" folder. I tried
putting the company column into the view but they're all blank. The "to"
field lists their personal names but I need to have the company's name
displayed somewhere.

Thank you

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Any folder view shows only the data in that folder, even though Outlook lets you think otherwise by allowing you to add fields from different types of items in the folder. Since the company name is not stored in the mail message, it won't display in the view.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Then how do I display the company name in the mail message?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

There is no built-in feature to do that. It could be done by writing your own Outlook VBA code that runs when an item hits the Sent Items folder to (a) look up the To address, (b) try to locate a matching contact, and (c) if found, assign that company value to a custom property that you're displaying in the folder view.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers