Keith, I have wondered this myself.
I am going to go out on a limb and guess that the multiple DOTS in the address
could be posing the problem.
The typical email address only has one dot and the phone number addresses have
two of them.
I also use OE but I wonder if maybe some of the other clients could handle the
multiple dots? I need to migrate over to Outlook 2010 but am reluctant to do
it. I wonder if Outlook can accommodate the text addresses?
It is just my guess.
Shannon
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith S
To: gw info
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:10 AM
Subject: And odd OE question
Hi, I asked this question on another list and really didn't get a usable
answer, so I'm going to ask it here.
I can use Outlook Express, on my Windows xp sp3 machine, and WE 7.5.4.1
to send texts to friends of mine, whom I have gotten the phone number and the
cell carrier they use.
When I am using OE and receive an email message from someone using a
traditional email address, I can state how that person's name will be displayed
in the OE contacts area, or in the address book application that comes with XP.
When I make a contact in OE that uses the cell texting "email" address, for
some reason the contact info does not take so to speak, and I am left seeing
incoming "from" column entries as the person's phone number and then the cell
carrier's domain name. I cannot change the way OE displays the person's "cell
address" in the from column. So, if I get several texting messages from peope,
I have to either memorize the texting phone numbers, or I have to keep a
reference log as to which number belongs to which person.
Anyone know why the cell addresses don't stick like a normal email address?
My email address, with my ISP, is
[email protected]
I can manipulate the display name as much as I want. I cn have it say,
Schwarma, the King of the Lizard People if I want it to.
But if I enter my wife's cell number into the new contact dialog box as
Tracy's cell, and then the email address connected to that contact as
[email protected] (the phone number, the at sign, with mms.att for
message.A T and T . net
When incoming emails come in from that cell number's email address, they come
in as
[email protected]
Not Tracy's Cell.
Anyone know how I can change this or is it just the way it is?
Thanks
Keith
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