Put Category title in To field

[Rogerthat]

I am using Outlook 2003 in XP w/ SP2. I am trying to get a category title to
appear in the To field of my message. Ex. Tohysicians instead of To:
(e-mail address removed); (e-mail address removed);etc. I have the contacts sorted by category and
such. Please assist

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am using Outlook 2003 in XP w/ SP2. I am trying to get a category title
to
appear in the To field of my message. Ex. Tohysicians instead of To:
(e-mail address removed); (e-mail address removed);etc. I have the contacts sorted by category
and
such. Please assist

One way is to create a dummy contact with the title you want and assign it
your own address. When you sent your message to the category, right-click
the list of names in the To, choose Select All and drag the selection to the
Bcc field. Then enter your dummy contact in the To field.

 

[Rogerthat]

Brian, that is a workable solution but can you advise how I can get the email
address that I assign to the dummy contact (my email) not to appear following
the category? i.e. I set up the dummy contact and the name appearsin the To
field as - Name Assigned <[email protected]> You have helped me out greatly but any
ideas how to get rid of the email address ? Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Brian, that is a workable solution but can you advise how I can get the
email
address that I assign to the dummy contact (my email) not to appear
following
the category? i.e. I set up the dummy contact and the name appearsin the
To
field as - Name Assigned <[email protected]> You have helped me out greatly but
any
ideas how to get rid of the email address ? Thanks

Change the dummy's Display As field so that it doesn't include the mail
address.

 

[Rogerthat]

Brian, even when I do not put an email address in the Display As field,
Outlook will install the email regardless. I found that if I enclose the
email address in parentheses the email does not appear. For example leaving
the Display As void of an email will result in: Desired Name <[email protected]>
appearing but if I insert this Desired Name (my email) Outlook does not
include an address. I have only tested this within Outlook and Windows Live
Mail however. Thanks for all your help.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Brian, even when I do not put an email address in the Display As field,
Outlook will install the email regardless.

Not for me, but I guess it's moot.