I see. I need to consider which names are worth the time to change them.
Thanks much, Brian.

D


"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Dean wrote:

Often, I will need to search my sent items for messages I may have
sent to a particular person and, not so often, I can't find some,
after sorting by name. I then realize that the name has dual
listings, such as 'Joe Jones' and . I assume
that this happens because, at some point, I added that person to my
list of contacts, as 'Joe Jones'. Is there any way to merge the two
names, so I don't have this problem again?

The initial entry probably depends on what the sender used as his
"friendly name" (what would be the equivalent of the "Your Name" field in
your account properties). If they didn't set that value, then you'll see
their email address in the To field as the "Display As" value when you
reply. If you've subsequently added that person as a contact and have set
their Display As field to just their name, then new messages you send
will, as you say, have the Display As field showing in the To field.

You can always update the value the To field shows for those recipients
for whom you've added to your contacts. Open the message and double-click
the recipient. This will open an "E-mail Properties" dialogue and you can
modify the "Display name" field there. Click OK, close the message, and
click Yes when asked if you want to save the changes.
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Brian Tillman