Filter e-mail type fax

[Guest]

I have Office 2003 SP1 (all updates) and have had issues where I have
people's business / home fax numbers listed in my contacts. I would though,
not like to view them when I am about to e-mail someone. By accident I
select FAX instead of e-mail. This rarely happens, however, is there a way
to filter out the e-mail type of "fax"? I am looking at the dialogue box of
Select Names when you select the To... button on an Untitled Message. I have
highlighed an E-mail Type of Fax. I believe I can "filter" that out. I am
uncertain where to do so.

Thank you.

Matt

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook considers fax numbers to be valid electronic addresses, since there
are many client- and server-based components that can use such addresses.

One method to hide fax numbers from the address book is to prefix the fax
number with one or more letters (maybe B for business fax, H for home, O for
other). If the fax number begins with a letter, Outlook won't show it in the
address book.

There are a couple of utilities that can help you hide fax numbers from the
address book. See http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/rshifa.htm and
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers).

Another way to avoid having fax numbers appear in the address book is
simply not to enter data in the fax fields. Put fax numbers in some other
(non-phone) fields.

 

[Guest]

This is the default behavior for Outlook 2003. See the following page for
more information and a possible workaround:

http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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