Single Quotes sometimes around e-mail addresses

[FLB]

I have Outlook 2003 SP3

Sometimes when the Sent message is stored in a folder the name has single
quote marks around it. Sometimes it does not. The problem is that when I
sort the names alphabetically, they are in two different groups.

The e-mails go through - this is only a display problem.

This ONLY happens with e-mail sent outside the company, not on internal mail
messages.

This happens on new messages, FW messages, and RE messages. Sometimes the
single quotes are there, sometimes not.

This happens with names that are in the Contact list or names that are not -
sometimes with single quotes, sometimes not.

The address type-ahead list does not have any names with single quotes.

This happens with many different e-mail addressees from many different
domains.

IS there a way to make the alphabetization ignore the leading single quote ?
That would solve my problem.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No there is no way to ignore the ' when sorting.

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[mehrvarz]

Ms. Poremsky,

I find it a bit troubling that your answer is so narrow and dry. I think
there is a real issue here and it has nothing to do with Outlook's inablity
to ignore single quotes when sorting. The real problem is the fact that
Outlook adds those single quotes in the first place. This Outlook behavior
makes it very difficult to find emails when sorting alphabetically in Sent
Items. If I send to (e-mail address removed), I have to look through two sets of emails
before I find what I am looking for. This reduces confidence in my system
and forces me to spend more time in retiriving what I am looking for. The
very opposite affect that I believe Microsoft Outlook is intending to create.

If you can help, please do. If not, perhaps there is someone else whom you
know that can.

Regards,

Jason

No there is no way to ignore the ' when sorting.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I have Outlook 2003 SP3

Sometimes when the Sent message is stored in a folder the name has single
quote marks around it. Sometimes it does not. The problem is that when I
sort the names alphabetically, they are in two different groups.

The e-mails go through - this is only a display problem.

This ONLY happens with e-mail sent outside the company, not on internal
mail
messages.

This happens on new messages, FW messages, and RE messages. Sometimes the
single quotes are there, sometimes not.

This happens with names that are in the Contact list or names that are
not -
sometimes with single quotes, sometimes not.

The address type-ahead list does not have any names with single quotes.

This happens with many different e-mail addressees from many different
domains.

IS there a way to make the alphabetization ignore the leading single quote
?
That would solve my problem.

 

[mehrvarz]

Your post is very well written. Have you been able to resolve this issue?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

My response may be narrow and dry but it happens to be the truth and answers
the question that was asked. He didn't ask why outlook did it or how to
prevent it (another narrow, dry answer: No, you can't prevent it.)

Advanced find will ignore the ' if you search for the display name, as will
Instant search. It's easier to find a message to a specific person using
search, rather than sort.

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Ms. Poremsky,

I find it a bit troubling that your answer is so narrow and dry. I think
there is a real issue here and it has nothing to do with Outlook's
inablity
to ignore single quotes when sorting. The real problem is the fact that
Outlook adds those single quotes in the first place. This Outlook
behavior
makes it very difficult to find emails when sorting alphabetically in Sent
Items. If I send to (e-mail address removed), I have to look through two sets of
emails
before I find what I am looking for. This reduces confidence in my system
and forces me to spend more time in retiriving what I am looking for. The
very opposite affect that I believe Microsoft Outlook is intending to
create.

If you can help, please do. If not, perhaps there is someone else whom
you
know that can.

Regards,

Jason

No there is no way to ignore the ' when sorting.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I have Outlook 2003 SP3

Sometimes when the Sent message is stored in a folder the name has
single
quote marks around it. Sometimes it does not. The problem is that
when I
sort the names alphabetically, they are in two different groups.

The e-mails go through - this is only a display problem.

This ONLY happens with e-mail sent outside the company, not on internal
mail
messages.

This happens on new messages, FW messages, and RE messages. Sometimes
the
single quotes are there, sometimes not.

This happens with names that are in the Contact list or names that are
not -
sometimes with single quotes, sometimes not.

The address type-ahead list does not have any names with single quotes.

This happens with many different e-mail addressees from many different
domains.

IS there a way to make the alphabetization ignore the leading single
quote
?
That would solve my problem.

 

[The Newbie]

Diane - I've got a similar problem. The quotes are added to e-mail addresses
(not listed in their contacts) when the replying. Example: (e-mail address removed)
turns into "editor"@msn.com. Is this just Outlook trying to assign that
friendly name? How could a sender format their name to avoid the quotes being
added when someone replies? Thanks!

No there is no way to ignore the ' when sorting.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I have Outlook 2003 SP3

Sometimes when the Sent message is stored in a folder the name has single
quote marks around it. Sometimes it does not. The problem is that when I
sort the names alphabetically, they are in two different groups.

The e-mails go through - this is only a display problem.

This ONLY happens with e-mail sent outside the company, not on internal
mail
messages.

This happens on new messages, FW messages, and RE messages. Sometimes the
single quotes are there, sometimes not.

This happens with names that are in the Contact list or names that are
not -
sometimes with single quotes, sometimes not.

The address type-ahead list does not have any names with single quotes.

This happens with many different e-mail addressees from many different
domains.

IS there a way to make the alphabetization ignore the leading single quote
?
That would solve my problem.