Fax number used as e-mail address

[Comcast]

For some strange reason, when I send an e-mail and I put someone's name in
the "TO" field, I get two (or three) choices of e-mail address. One of
those is the person's fax number. Howcum?

Thanks to anyone who can solve this mystery.

Bart Wilson

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

This answer is posted here several times a day.
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 are also a number of utilities available that can
do this for you automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]