nickname frustration

[Guest]

I use nicknames for my e-mail addresses. However, they are not working the way I'd like. For example, to send a message from my home to work account, I type "work" in the To line, which is the nickname I have specified for that address. But when I try to send it, a box comes up asking which account I want to send to, not only displaying my work account but also the name of another contact, whose last name happens to be Work. That contact does not even have a nickname, and his name never appears in the autofill unless I start typing his FIRST name, as it should.

I have another account set up that uses my workplace acronym for the nickname. But when I type that, up pops a box with all of the addresses that contain that acronym as part of their domain name. Should nicknames be this particular to use? Is there some way around this without having to trial-and-error find a nickname that doesn't match a part of another contact's real name or e-mail address

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

I forgot to mention that I am using Outlook Express 6.0. Thanks.

 

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bruce asked:

| I use nicknames for my e-mail addresses. However, they are not
| working the way I'd like. For example, to send a message from my home
| to work account, I type "work" in the To line, which is the nickname
| I have specified for that address. But when I try to send it, a box
| comes up asking which account I want to send to, not only displaying
| my work account but also the name of another contact, whose last name
| happens to be Work. That contact does not even have a nickname, and
| his name never appears in the autofill unless I start typing his
| FIRST name, as it should.
|
| I have another account set up that uses my workplace acronym for the
| nickname. But when I type that, up pops a box with all of the
| addresses that contain that acronym as part of their domain name.
| Should nicknames be this particular to use? Is there some way around
| this without having to trial-and-error find a nickname that doesn't
| match a part of another contact's real name or e-mail address?
|
| Thank you.