why do business fax numbers appear as email addresses in Outlook

[paco]

why do business fax numbers appear as email addresses in
Outlook? And how do I stop it!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be changed.
The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to store them in a
different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them with an alpha
character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone numbers.

 

[Brian Tillman]

The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be
changed. The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to
store them in a different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede
them with an alpha character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as
phone numbers.

There is also a commercially available Outlook add-in tool that will hide
the FAX number addresses. See
<http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook/Hide-Fax-Numbers.asp>
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.