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John in Minnesota - 24 May 2008 22:02 GMT

Hello, I have several contacts in my Windows Mail Contacts that I have
mutiple e-mail addresses set up. (Using Vista). When I start typing the
contact name in the "Send" window, only the "Preferred" e-mail shows up. How
can I select their alternate e-mail address in the "Send" window?'

I have tried right clicking and just about everyting else. There must be an
easy way to bring up a list of all the e-mails in a contact (both preferred
and the others) so I can then select which one or ones to send the message to.

Thank you in advance for any replies

John in Minnesota

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Gary VanderMolen - 25 May 2008 01:53 GMT

I don't think there is a way to select alternate email addresses.
For that reason I use separate contacts: John-home, John-work, etc.

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> Hello, I have several contacts in my Windows Mail Contacts that I have
> mutiple e-mail addresses set up. (Using Vista). When I start typing the
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> John in Minnesota

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM - 25 May 2008 03:15 GMT

> Hello, I have several contacts in my Windows Mail Contacts that I have
> mutiple e-mail addresses set up. (Using Vista). When I start typing the
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> John in Minnesota

In order to do this you would have to have a separate Contact for each
address.
Windows Mail won't use anything but the "Preferred Address".

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John in Minnesota - 25 May 2008 20:14 GMT

Thank you for the reply and I understand but here is a direct quote from the
Windows Mail Contact Help screen:

"The preferred e‑mail address is what Windows Mail will use if you want to
send someone e‑mail quickly without selecting from a list of all their
addresses."

Then how does one select "...from a list of all their addresses"? It sounds
as if there is a way to select a list of all addresses entered in the
contact. If not, what is the point of even having the ability to add for
than one e-mail address? It makes no sense!

> > Hello, I have several contacts in my Windows Mail Contacts that I have
> > mutiple e-mail addresses set up. (Using Vista). When I start typing the
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> address.
> Windows Mail won't use anything but the "Preferred Address".

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Dave - 25 May 2008 20:45 GMT

This is one of the things that works in the newer Windows Live Mail.

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> Thank you for the reply and I understand but here is a direct quote from
> the
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>> address.
>> Windows Mail won't use anything but the "Preferred Address".

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