Outlook 2003 does't recognise names in to: box

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Tito Harris

Hi all,

In Outlook 2000 I was able to do the following:

I have a list in Excel with names:

A1: Harris, Tito
A2: Fisler, Rahel
A3: Bush, Sarah
etc.

I selected the cells copied them to Outlook 2000 to the to: box and waited
for a moment or pressed Alt+K so that outlook would create the proper e-mail
addresses. This worked fine.

Programs involved:
Excel 2003 SP1 - English
Outlook 2003 SP1 - English
Exchange Server 2003 -English

Problem:
When I try to do the same in Outlook 2003 it will only recognise the names
where the smtp address is also the fullname such as (e-mail address removed) but
not (e-mail address removed).

Consequence:
I have to select each address indvidually from the Address Book which I
would like to avoid if possible.

I have tried to copy the list first to Word and replacing the comman with a
space and various versions of that without better results.

So, ideas and help would be much appreciated.

Regards from Switzerland,

tito
 
Hi there,

I solved my own problem.

Solution: I had to following option activated in Outlook:
Tools, Options..., Preferences, E-mail Options..., Advanced E-mail
Options..., Allow comma as address separator

If this option is turned off the problem goes away.

Regards,

tito
 
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