But, entourage does have a related quirk. I have several entries in my address book with different display names, but the same e-mail address. My sister's family send e-mail with their own unique display name, but use the same e-mail address. When I reply to one of the messages, the display name gets set to the alphabetically first display name in my address book, regardless of what was in the From header of the e-mail I am responding to. Strange.
Never mind. I just did a little research as evidenced in this thread and found that the Return-Path header just has the address, no display name there. So I guess that when doing a reply that the Return-Path header is used and the display name is selected from the first matching entry in the address book. And if there is no matching entry you get just the address with the "yellow @ symbol" to indicate that it is not in the address book. In this case the From header has nothing to do with the action. We learn more every day. Jim > From: Dennis Burnham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 08:00:12 -0400 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Attribution line > > Thanks, Paul, for helping me analyze this. I now realize that the frequency > of my seeing the email address @ email address attribution is the way > people complete their preferences fields in their email software. In other > words, it's not Entourage or the address book; we are at the mercy of those > who write to us. > > Thanks again, > > Dennis Burnham > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
