Hi Milly,

I don't want to disagree, but the fact is, MY Outlook Address Book will not
include an entry with a blank email address. If this is non-standard
behavior, then I am overjoyed. Please try the following experiment:



Create a folder with contacts called "Fax Addresses". Be sure that "Show
this folder as an Outlook EMail Address Book" is checked in the "Outlook
Address Book" tab of the properties dialog.

Add four contacts named "XX", "EX", "XF", and "EF" as follows:
XX - blank Email, blank Business Fax
EX - non-blank Email, blank Business Fax
XF - blank Email, non-blank Business Fax
EF - non-blank Email, non-blank Business Fax

CTRLSHIFTB

Select Fax Addresses in the upper right corner of the dialog.

MY Outlook Address Book only shows EX and EF, meaning XX and XF are not
displayed and I interpret this behavior as a result of the blank email
field. Do your results agree with mine?






"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" what@ever wrote in message
...
The Outlook Address Book displays all valid electronic addresses from your
contacts folder, including fax numbers. If yours does not, examine the
fax
numbers to determine the cause.

I had to try this, though I didnt create a seperate Fax folder
Entered a contact with only name & fax number, saved
Crt+Shft+B
Bought up the address book with that contact shown, allthough the email
address was shown as 'name+fax #' and display name was shown as
'name+(buiness Fax)'

"Chris Miller" Chris(a)InfoGreat.com wrote in message
...
Hi Milly,

I don't want to disagree, but the fact is, MY Outlook Address Book will
not include an entry with a blank email address. If this is non-standard
behavior, then I am overjoyed. Please try the following experiment:



Create a folder with contacts called "Fax Addresses". Be sure that "Show
this folder as an Outlook EMail Address Book" is checked in the "Outlook
Address Book" tab of the properties dialog.

Add four contacts named "XX", "EX", "XF", and "EF" as follows:
XX - blank Email, blank Business Fax
EX - non-blank Email, blank Business Fax
XF - blank Email, non-blank Business Fax
EF - non-blank Email, non-blank Business Fax

CTRLSHIFTB

Select Fax Addresses in the upper right corner of the dialog.

MY Outlook Address Book only shows EX and EF, meaning XX and XF are not
displayed and I interpret this behavior as a result of the blank email
field. Do your results agree with mine?






"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" what@ever wrote in message
...
The Outlook Address Book displays all valid electronic addresses from
your
contacts folder, including fax numbers. If yours does not, examine the
fax
numbers to determine the cause.

Hi DL,

Well, that casts suspicion on my setup but it still doesn't explain it. I
am using Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Professional. You?



"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
I had to try this, though I didnt create a seperate Fax folder
Entered a contact with only name & fax number, saved
Crt+Shft+B
Bought up the address book with that contact shown, allthough the email
address was shown as 'name+fax #' and display name was shown as
'name+(buiness Fax)'

"Chris Miller" Chris(a)InfoGreat.com wrote in message
...
Hi Milly,

I don't want to disagree, but the fact is, MY Outlook Address Book will
not include an entry with a blank email address. If this is non-standard
behavior, then I am overjoyed. Please try the following experiment:



Create a folder with contacts called "Fax Addresses". Be sure that "Show
this folder as an Outlook EMail Address Book" is checked in the "Outlook
Address Book" tab of the properties dialog.

Add four contacts named "XX", "EX", "XF", and "EF" as follows:
XX - blank Email, blank Business Fax
EX - non-blank Email, blank Business Fax
XF - blank Email, non-blank Business Fax
EF - non-blank Email, non-blank Business Fax

CTRLSHIFTB

Select Fax Addresses in the upper right corner of the dialog.

MY Outlook Address Book only shows EX and EF, meaning XX and XF are not
displayed and I interpret this behavior as a result of the blank email
field. Do your results agree with mine?






"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" what@ever wrote in message
...
The Outlook Address Book displays all valid electronic addresses from
your
contacts folder, including fax numbers. If yours does not, examine the
fax
numbers to determine the cause.

Works the same here as it does for both DL and Milly and that's using
Outlook 2007 on Vista Ultimate, Outlook 2003 on XP Pro, and Outlook 2000 on
Windows 98SE. A contact with only a name and a valid Business Fax number
appear on all three when clicking "To:" on a new Fax message.

Hal
--
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"Chris Miller" Chris(a)InfoGreat.com wrote in message
...
Hi DL,

Well, that casts suspicion on my setup but it still doesn't explain it. I
am using Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Professional. You?



"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
I had to try this, though I didnt create a seperate Fax folder
Entered a contact with only name & fax number, saved
Crt+Shft+B
Bought up the address book with that contact shown, allthough the email
address was shown as 'name+fax #' and display name was shown as
'name+(buiness Fax)'

"Chris Miller" Chris(a)InfoGreat.com wrote in message
...
Hi Milly,

I don't want to disagree, but the fact is, MY Outlook Address Book will
not include an entry with a blank email address. If this is
non-standard behavior, then I am overjoyed. Please try the following
experiment:



Create a folder with contacts called "Fax Addresses". Be sure that "Show
this folder as an Outlook EMail Address Book" is checked in the "Outlook
Address Book" tab of the properties dialog.

Add four contacts named "XX", "EX", "XF", and "EF" as follows:
XX - blank Email, blank Business Fax
EX - non-blank Email, blank Business Fax
XF - blank Email, non-blank Business Fax
EF - non-blank Email, non-blank Business Fax

CTRLSHIFTB

Select Fax Addresses in the upper right corner of the dialog.

MY Outlook Address Book only shows EX and EF, meaning XX and XF are not
displayed and I interpret this behavior as a result of the blank email
field. Do your results agree with mine?






"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" what@ever wrote in message
...
The Outlook Address Book displays all valid electronic addresses from
your
contacts folder, including fax numbers. If yours does not, examine the
fax
numbers to determine the cause.

My results match DL's.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Chris Miller asked:

| Hi Milly,
|
| I don't want to disagree, but the fact is, MY Outlook Address Book
| will not include an entry with a blank email address. If this is
| non-standard behavior, then I am overjoyed. Please try the following
| experiment:
|
|
|
| Create a folder with contacts called "Fax Addresses". Be sure that
| "Show this folder as an Outlook EMail Address Book" is checked in the
| "Outlook Address Book" tab of the properties dialog.
|
| Add four contacts named "XX", "EX", "XF", and "EF" as follows:
| XX - blank Email, blank Business Fax
| EX - non-blank Email, blank Business Fax
| XF - blank Email, non-blank Business Fax
| EF - non-blank Email, non-blank Business Fax
|
| CTRLSHIFTB
|
| Select Fax Addresses in the upper right corner of the dialog.
|
| MY Outlook Address Book only shows EX and EF, meaning XX and XF are
| not displayed and I interpret this behavior as a result of the blank
| email field. Do your results agree with mine?
|
|
|
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" what@ever wrote in message
| ...
|| The Outlook Address Book displays all valid electronic addresses
|| from your contacts folder, including fax numbers. If yours does
|| not, examine the fax
|| numbers to determine the cause.