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Name: Ian
Date: October 23, 2002 at 12:03:39 Pacific
OS: Win XP
CPU/Ram: P3 - 1GHz, 256MB RAM
Comment:

In address book, I added a new contact who has 2 email addresses. When I create a new email message I want to be able to send the message to both of his email addresses. When I click on the "To:" a window pops up allowing me to select the names of people I want to send my message to.

Now here's the problem. I can select that particular contact but it only inserts his default email address into the "To:" field. Does anyone know how I can get it to insert both/all emails of the same contact?

I know only 2 solutions:

1) Add another entry of the SAME CONTACT into the Address Book (i.e. John1, John2) but adding his other email address to the new entry.

2) Type the email address in the "To:" field.

Both methods are not very convenient/efficient. If anyone knows the solution please reply. Thanks.

Ian M.



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Response Number 1
Name: Roger
Date: October 23, 2002 at 12:29:30 Pacific
Reply:

I have Outlook. I would put John 1 and John 2 in the same contact list. That is no more work sending than to just one name. Will Express work the same way?


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Response Number 2
Name: sue
Date: October 23, 2002 at 15:22:52 Pacific
Reply:

If you put both addresses into the same contact list, then you can send to one and cc to the other from the dropdown list. HTH


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Response Number 3
Name: Roger
Date: October 24, 2002 at 03:25:52 Pacific
Reply:

Sue, that is dumb! Why would you want to send the message to one of the Johns twice?


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Response Number 4
Name: sue
Date: October 24, 2002 at 17:18:06 Pacific
Reply:

unless I misread the original post, the question was how to send a message to a person with two email addresses so that the message would automatically go to both addresses. I actually do that sometimes, and that's what I do to send the message to same person, 2 addresses at the same time:)

if I misread the original, you're absolutely right, it's a dumb answer and I stand corrected:)


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Response Number 5
Name: Ian
Date: October 24, 2002 at 18:42:53 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks Roger, I guess that's the only way. Add another entry of the same person but with the other email address instead. Sue, I tried out your suggestion but all it does is add the same default email address into To: and Cc: fields.

I guess it's something that Microsoft overlooked when making Outlook Express. It would've been better if they gave you the option to select the email addresses of the same contact without having to add another entry. What if someone had 4 email addresses? 4 entries? That's why I was hoping someone might know the answer to my question.

Sorry to have posted so late. Thanks for replying.


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