To Field 'Display Name <ALIAS>'

[Stefan Johansson]

In Outlook 2003
When typing a user in the To: field Outlook is presenting users in the
format 'Display Name <ALIAS>'
Where ALIAS reflects the LegacyDN, if I'm right.
And if you change the user account this would still be the old name shown in
the To: field

Is there a way of changing this behaviour without recreating the user...
and can you disable the viewing of <ALIAS>

I have seen this topic before, but I havent seen a description to fix
this...
Please help me Out

As an example, I still have my old ALIAS from 1999 and my account have been
changed numerous times as well as migrated and at the time of 1999 the
account reflected the phone number you had, ughhh!

/Stefan Johansson

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The alias can be changed by your administrator. In a Active Directory domain
this can be done on the Exchange General tab of the user object in AD U&C

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

 

[Stefan Johansson]

That is already changed to reflect the new name, so its not possible to use
the old Alias
So it must be something else

A user account that was created long time ago as...
Old Login name: ce1234
Old Alias: ce1234
Old Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
And then changed to...
New Login name: cleas
New Alias: cleas
New Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
Show up as
'Eastwood Clint (ACTOR) <ce1234>'

In some cases where the user changed their lastname when they got married
gets a lot of questions when collegues can see the <> not representing their
last name

/Stefan Johansson

The alias can be changed by your administrator. In a Active Directory domain
this can be done on the Exchange General tab of the user object in AD U&C

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

In Outlook 2003
When typing a user in the To: field Outlook is presenting users in the
format 'Display Name <ALIAS>'
Where ALIAS reflects the LegacyDN, if I'm right.
And if you change the user account this would still be the old name shown
in
the To: field

Is there a way of changing this behaviour without recreating the user...
and can you disable the viewing of <ALIAS>

I have seen this topic before, but I havent seen a description to fix
this...
Please help me Out

As an example, I still have my old ALIAS from 1999 and my account have
been
changed numerous times as well as migrated and at the time of 1999 the
account reflected the phone number you had, ughhh!

/Stefan Johansson

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Hi Stefan,

This is the legacyExchangeDN value for the user account. You can use the
ADSI edit tool (Windows 2000/2003 support tool) to modify this value. I
haven't tested the impact of changing this so you might want to use it on a
testuser first (which is basicaly true for all things you do the first time
;-))

I never noticed it but indeed; our married and divorced users have the same.
They haven't complained about it (yet).

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

That is already changed to reflect the new name, so its not possible to
use
the old Alias
So it must be something else

A user account that was created long time ago as...
Old Login name: ce1234
Old Alias: ce1234
Old Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
And then changed to...
New Login name: cleas
New Alias: cleas
New Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
Show up as
'Eastwood Clint (ACTOR) <ce1234>'

In some cases where the user changed their lastname when they got married
gets a lot of questions when collegues can see the <> not representing
their
last name

/Stefan Johansson




in
message news:#[email protected]...

The alias can be changed by your administrator. In a Active Directory domain
this can be done on the Exchange General tab of the user object in AD U&C

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

In Outlook 2003
When typing a user in the To: field Outlook is presenting users in the
format 'Display Name <ALIAS>'
Where ALIAS reflects the LegacyDN, if I'm right.
And if you change the user account this would still be the old name shown
in
the To: field

Is there a way of changing this behaviour without recreating the
user...
and can you disable the viewing of <ALIAS>

I have seen this topic before, but I havent seen a description to fix
this...
Please help me Out

As an example, I still have my old ALIAS from 1999 and my account have
been
changed numerous times as well as migrated and at the time of 1999 the
account reflected the phone number you had, ughhh!

/Stefan Johansson

 

[Randy]

You may be interested in obtaining a utility for editing the autocomplete
file at www.dcs-imaging.com/products.htm it's called Owtlook

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Yeah, but too bad this has nothing to do with the autocomplete feature of
Outlook.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

 

[Stefan Johansson]

Hi Robert,

I did change that before but then you couldnt reply on mails sent before the
change... not good.
After some testings...
If you change the LegacyExchangeDN to a new one and also add an 'Custom
Address' like X500 with the data exactly as the old LegacyExchangeDN (The
whole path) the reply is also working...
Just wondering if this is the right way to go?

/Stefan Johansson

Hi Stefan,

This is the legacyExchangeDN value for the user account. You can use the
ADSI edit tool (Windows 2000/2003 support tool) to modify this value. I
haven't tested the impact of changing this so you might want to use it on a
testuser first (which is basicaly true for all things you do the first time
;-))

I never noticed it but indeed; our married and divorced users have the same.
They haven't complained about it (yet).

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

That is already changed to reflect the new name, so its not possible to
use
the old Alias
So it must be something else

A user account that was created long time ago as...
Old Login name: ce1234
Old Alias: ce1234
Old Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
And then changed to...
New Login name: cleas
New Alias: cleas
New Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
Show up as
'Eastwood Clint (ACTOR) <ce1234>'

In some cases where the user changed their lastname when they got married
gets a lot of questions when collegues can see the <> not representing
their
last name

/Stefan Johansson




in
message news:#[email protected]...

The alias can be changed by your administrator. In a Active Directory domain
this can be done on the Exchange General tab of the user object in AD U&C

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
In Outlook 2003
When typing a user in the To: field Outlook is presenting users in the
format 'Display Name <ALIAS>'
Where ALIAS reflects the LegacyDN, if I'm right.
And if you change the user account this would still be the old name shown
in
the To: field

Is there a way of changing this behaviour without recreating the
user...
and can you disable the viewing of <ALIAS>

I have seen this topic before, but I havent seen a description to fix
this...
Please help me Out

As an example, I still have my old ALIAS from 1999 and my account have
been
changed numerous times as well as migrated and at the time of 1999 the
account reflected the phone number you had, ughhh!

/Stefan Johansson

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Yep, that is the way to go. Make sure that the new one is set as the
primairy. After some months you can clean it up if you want because hardly
nobody will still be replying to old mails.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Hi Robert,

I did change that before but then you couldnt reply on mails sent before
the
change... not good.
After some testings...
If you change the LegacyExchangeDN to a new one and also add an 'Custom
Address' like X500 with the data exactly as the old LegacyExchangeDN (The
whole path) the reply is also working...
Just wondering if this is the right way to go?

/Stefan Johansson



in
message news:[email protected]...

Hi Stefan,

This is the legacyExchangeDN value for the user account. You can use the
ADSI edit tool (Windows 2000/2003 support tool) to modify this value. I
haven't tested the impact of changing this so you might want to use it on a
testuser first (which is basicaly true for all things you do the first time
;-))

I never noticed it but indeed; our married and divorced users have the same.
They haven't complained about it (yet).

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

That is already changed to reflect the new name, so its not possible to
use
the old Alias
So it must be something else

A user account that was created long time ago as...
Old Login name: ce1234
Old Alias: ce1234
Old Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
And then changed to...
New Login name: cleas
New Alias: cleas
New Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
Show up as
'Eastwood Clint (ACTOR) <ce1234>'

In some cases where the user changed their lastname when they got married
gets a lot of questions when collegues can see the <> not representing
their
last name

/Stefan Johansson




"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net>
wrote
in
message The alias can be changed by your administrator. In a Active Directory
domain
this can be done on the Exchange General tab of the user object in AD U&C

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
In Outlook 2003
When typing a user in the To: field Outlook is presenting users in the
format 'Display Name <ALIAS>'
Where ALIAS reflects the LegacyDN, if I'm right.
And if you change the user account this would still be the old name
shown
in
the To: field

Is there a way of changing this behaviour without recreating the
user...
and can you disable the viewing of <ALIAS>

I have seen this topic before, but I havent seen a description to
fix
this...
Please help me Out

As an example, I still have my old ALIAS from 1999 and my account have
been
changed numerous times as well as migrated and at the time of 1999 the
account reflected the phone number you had, ughhh!

/Stefan Johansson

 

[Stefan Johansson]

Thanks Robert

/Stefan Johansson

Yep, that is the way to go. Make sure that the new one is set as the
primairy. After some months you can clean it up if you want because hardly
nobody will still be replying to old mails.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Hi Robert,

I did change that before but then you couldnt reply on mails sent before
the
change... not good.
After some testings...
If you change the LegacyExchangeDN to a new one and also add an 'Custom
Address' like X500 with the data exactly as the old LegacyExchangeDN (The
whole path) the reply is also working...
Just wondering if this is the right way to go?

/Stefan Johansson



in
message news:[email protected]...

Hi Stefan,

This is the legacyExchangeDN value for the user account. You can use the
ADSI edit tool (Windows 2000/2003 support tool) to modify this value. I
haven't tested the impact of changing this so you might want to use it

on
a

testuser first (which is basicaly true for all things you do the first time
;-))

I never noticed it but indeed; our married and divorced users have the same.
They haven't complained about it (yet).

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
That is already changed to reflect the new name, so its not possible to
use
the old Alias
So it must be something else

A user account that was created long time ago as...
Old Login name: ce1234
Old Alias: ce1234
Old Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
And then changed to...
New Login name: cleas
New Alias: cleas
New Display name: Eastwood Clint (ACTOR)
Show up as
'Eastwood Clint (ACTOR) <ce1234>'

In some cases where the user changed their lastname when they got married
gets a lot of questions when collegues can see the <> not representing
their
last name

/Stefan Johansson




"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net>
wrote
in
message The alias can be changed by your administrator. In a Active Directory
domain
this can be done on the Exchange General tab of the user object in

AD
U&C

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
In Outlook 2003
When typing a user in the To: field Outlook is presenting users in the
format 'Display Name <ALIAS>'
Where ALIAS reflects the LegacyDN, if I'm right.
And if you change the user account this would still be the old name
shown
in
the To: field

Is there a way of changing this behaviour without recreating the
user...
and can you disable the viewing of <ALIAS>

I have seen this topic before, but I havent seen a description to
fix
this...
Please help me Out

As an example, I still have my old ALIAS from 1999 and my account have
been
changed numerous times as well as migrated and at the time of 1999 the
account reflected the phone number you had, ughhh!

/Stefan Johansson