More than 3 email addresses

[Panrec]

I have several contacts who have more than three business email addresses
(including myself). It is frustrating to be limited to three email addresses
per contact, please remedy this in the next version or better still an
interim update.

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[Gordon]

I have several contacts who have more than three business email addresses
(including myself). It is frustrating to be limited to three email
addresses
per contact, please remedy this in the next version or better still an
interim update.

The vast majority of Outlook seats are in corporate environments where the
instance of a contact having two addresses is rare, and three almost
non-existent.......

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

If someone had 10 addresses would you actually send a message to all 10 of
those addresses?

Put the less used ones in the notes field for reference.

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[hjmiii]

This is more than a comparison of how Outlook is used. It's a standards
issue. The vCard format has no restrictions to the maximum allowed.

I run into this problem because an old workaround to the fact that personal
distribution lists don't sync to Blackberries and Smartphones over the air
was to create contacts with all the addresses. There actually used to be a
way to add these in Outlook, but it was locked down to 3.

Also more often now with unified communications phone number fields are
being replced by email address fields. I may have an email address for home,
work, SMS, fax, assistant, etc. Outlook supports 8 phone numbers, and Active
directory supports "other" phone numbers with a multistring field. Exchange
supports accepting to multiple email addresses for 1 mailbox.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

Actually Outlook supports about 19 phone numbers.

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This is more than a comparison of how Outlook is used. It's a standards
issue. The vCard format has no restrictions to the maximum allowed.

I run into this problem because an old workaround to the fact that
personal
distribution lists don't sync to Blackberries and Smartphones over the air
was to create contacts with all the addresses. There actually used to be a
way to add these in Outlook, but it was locked down to 3.

Also more often now with unified communications phone number fields are
being replced by email address fields. I may have an email address for
home,
work, SMS, fax, assistant, etc. Outlook supports 8 phone numbers, and
Active
directory supports "other" phone numbers with a multistring field.
Exchange
supports accepting to multiple email addresses for 1 mailbox.

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[Ray]

Geez, do you MVP's sell? Rather than try to understand the customer
requirement all of you are pontificating why 3 is enough. This is
ridiculous. As almost anyone in an "outward" facing role knows, people
accumulate multiple email addresses.

YES Diane there are situations where contacting people on multiple email
addresses is required (by Law), but I don't want to bore you with these
minor (legal) trivia.

The fact is Outlook's restriction to 3 email addresses, probably made sense
10 years ago when most people only had one or two.

But, in today's world, where my two work blackberries (phone #'s) each have
their own email-to-SMS email addresses and plus just my one gmail and 2 work
addresess, I'm already over my quota.

So please stop pontificating and appreciate why someone might have concerns.

-

Ray

If someone had 10 addresses would you actually send a message to all 10 of
those addresses?

Put the less used ones in the notes field for reference.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I have several contacts who have more than three business email addresses
(including myself). It is frustrating to be limited to three email
addresses
per contact, please remedy this in the next version or better still an
interim update.

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

If a vendor sent an email to every known address they could find for me,
they would not get my business ever again. They certainly don't need to
send to my blackberry - I get my work mail sent to it already.

Outlook supports 3 - if you need more you need to either make a second
contact or put the less used addresses in the notes field, where its easy to
copy them and paste into a message for sending. Or make a DL for all of the
persons addresses.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

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Geez, do you MVP's sell? Rather than try to understand the customer
requirement all of you are pontificating why 3 is enough. This is
ridiculous. As almost anyone in an "outward" facing role knows, people
accumulate multiple email addresses.

YES Diane there are situations where contacting people on multiple email
addresses is required (by Law), but I don't want to bore you with these
minor (legal) trivia.

The fact is Outlook's restriction to 3 email addresses, probably made
sense
10 years ago when most people only had one or two.

But, in today's world, where my two work blackberries (phone #'s) each
have
their own email-to-SMS email addresses and plus just my one gmail and 2
work
addresess, I'm already over my quota.

So please stop pontificating and appreciate why someone might have
concerns.

-

Ray

If someone had 10 addresses would you actually send a message to all 10
of
those addresses?

Put the less used ones in the notes field for reference.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

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I have several contacts who have more than three business email
addresses
(including myself). It is frustrating to be limited to three email
addresses
per contact, please remedy this in the next version or better still an
interim update.

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[stevesmith7461]

nOt sure what role you play on this but..... people dont tend to use all my
addresses only the ones that they know of..... I have 5 addresses now but
not through choice. Different phones, work, satalite sevices and the odd
hotmail account soon rack up. And guess what I'm not the only one......

So MS get your act together and design out ths flaw in Outlook for the next
release cut and paste is old hat.... thats why you offer the addresses at the
cursor !

If a vendor sent an email to every known address they could find for me,
they would not get my business ever again. They certainly don't need to
send to my blackberry - I get my work mail sent to it already.

Outlook supports 3 - if you need more you need to either make a second
contact or put the less used addresses in the notes field, where its easy to
copy them and paste into a message for sending. Or make a DL for all of the
persons addresses.

--

Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

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mailto:[email protected]

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Geez, do you MVP's sell? Rather than try to understand the customer
requirement all of you are pontificating why 3 is enough. This is
ridiculous. As almost anyone in an "outward" facing role knows, people
accumulate multiple email addresses.

YES Diane there are situations where contacting people on multiple email
addresses is required (by Law), but I don't want to bore you with these
minor (legal) trivia.

The fact is Outlook's restriction to 3 email addresses, probably made
sense
10 years ago when most people only had one or two.

But, in today's world, where my two work blackberries (phone #'s) each
have
their own email-to-SMS email addresses and plus just my one gmail and 2
work
addresess, I'm already over my quota.

So please stop pontificating and appreciate why someone might have
concerns.

-

Ray

If someone had 10 addresses would you actually send a message to all 10
of
those addresses?

Put the less used ones in the notes field for reference.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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I have several contacts who have more than three business email
addresses
(including myself). It is frustrating to be limited to three email
addresses
per contact, please remedy this in the next version or better still an
interim update.

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...f06056ad&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts