Display Name in merged emails

[Guest]

Hello:

When I send email I like to have the person's name displayed in the To:
field, not just the email address. For example, if the email address is
(e-mail address removed) and the person's name is Jon Doe, I would like the display in the
To: field to read:

To: Jon Doe or To: Jon Doe ([email protected])

Not:

To: (e-mail address removed)

When do a merge, the (e-mail address removed) is what is displayed. The list I use is
quite large and exists in Excel. So can I create a new field called display
name that will handle the Name and the email address?

Thanks in advance.

Howard

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if the display name is properly formatted with the address, it will show in
the To field. Additionally, if these names and addresses are in your
contacts folders, the name alone will work and resolve the address upon
sending.

 

[MN]

It could also be a policy in the exchangeserver that denies to show the
displayname.

MN

 

[Guest]

Thanks Diane - the data exists in an Excel spreadsheet and contains a
significant number of rows. The columns in the spreadsheet include, first
name, last name, combined name, address (etc.) and email address. Is it
possible to merge two columns (combined name & email) and use that in the
merged document. Or, should I import the spreadsheet in to Outlook contacts
or Business Contact Manager? I like the current format because it is very
easy to do some of the routine maintenance needed.

Howard