email recipient not typed by sender

[Kim]

When addressing an email, if the sender inadvertently
types a special character after a ; after a recipient's
name, it resolves that special character to my name and I
receive the email.
Any idea what might be causing this?
thanks,
Kim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

What special character? Outlook version?

 

[Kim]

Any special character.

Outlook XP SP2
Exchange Server 2000

When I first started receiving these messages I thought
that someone just picked my name by mistake but after
about the 5th time it happened I figured something must be
up. We finally figured out it was the special character.

thanks Sue
Kim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Examples? I don't know what you mean by a special character. Is this
happening with one sender or all?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

(e-mail address removed);[
(e-mail address removed);*
(e-mail address removed);,

This happens to all senders with me always being the
unintended recipient.

thanks,
Kim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Very curious. I can't duplicate the problem. If you create a message on your
machine and click the Check Names button, what happens to the extra
character?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

(e-mail address removed);[
(e-mail address removed);*
(e-mail address removed);,

This happens to all senders with me always being the
unintended recipient.

thanks,
Kim

-----Original Message-----
Examples? I don't know what you mean by a special character. Is this
happening with one sender or all?





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[Guest]

It resolves to my name. Very curious is right!

-----Original Message-----
Very curious. I can't duplicate the problem. If you create a message on your
machine and click the Check Names button, what happens to the extra
character?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

(e-mail address removed);[
(e-mail address removed);*
(e-mail address removed);,

This happens to all senders with me always being the
unintended recipient.

thanks,
Kim

-----Original Message-----
Examples? I don't know what you mean by a special character. Is this
happening with one sender or all?


Any special character.

Outlook XP SP2
Exchange Server 2000

When I first started receiving these messages I thought
that someone just picked my name by mistake but after
about the 5th time it happened I figured something

must
be

up. We finally figured out it was the special character.

When addressing an email, if the sender inadvertently
types a special character after a ; after a recipient's
name, it resolves that special character to my

name
and

I
receive the email.
Any idea what might be causing this?
thanks,
Kim


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