Is there any way to remove (Business Fax) numbers when looking for email addresses?

[Fisheye]

When clicking on the TO: button to add contacts to an email, it has a
duplicate of all contacts that have a fax number.
I have found some software that changes this behavior.
But it has only started doing this in outlook 2003, is tehre a way to hide
fax numbers?
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook/Hide-Fax-Numbers.asp
Is the place that makes the software that changes the behaviour.
Is there a built in way to do it?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You are mistaken. Outlook has always done this and for good reason.
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
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers)
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/toolbox/

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]

I simply put the fax number in the Home # field.

Gary

You are mistaken. Outlook has always done this and for good reason.
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
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers)
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/toolbox/

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.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When clicking on the TO: button to add contacts to an email, it has a
duplicate of all contacts that have a fax number.
I have found some software that changes this behavior.
But it has only started doing this in outlook 2003, is tehre a way to hide
fax numbers?
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook/Hide-Fax-Numbers.asp
Is the place that makes the software that changes the behaviour.
Is there a built in way to do it?