Just tried the multiple contact names as you suggested. It works, sort of. If I type in just the right number of characters, maybe the first three, I get the correct name. If I type in the fourth (or fifth) character of the contact name, I get either an incorrect email address, or (yes!!) an address for that contact which is outdated and was deleted long ago. Very strange, and clunky. But I can live with it.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 9:20 AM, billhansen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In a couple of the groups I belong to, several members use multiple email >> addresses. Sometimes two or more people use the same address. Even though I >> have each email address for each person listed in my Gmail Contacts list, >> Gmail defaults to one of the multiple addresses. I can't force it to choose >> any of the other addresses. There is no drop-down list of alternate emails >> for a single individual - though there is a drop-down list for all contacts >> whose last names begin with the same letter, for example. The only way I >> can get my email to the intended address is to go to my Contacts list and >> select the address from there. >> > > Don't combine the addresses for the same person into the same Contact. > Make a separate Contact for each of their addresses. Then when you type > their name, each of the Contacts should come up and you can select which > one you want. > > That's what I do, and it works for me. > > Andy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
