Is it possible in Outlook 2007 (or another version) to set the format of a display name for an email that is received from an email account that is in your contacts.



If I have Joe Smith (jsmith @ abc .com) as a contact & I receive emails from him, some are shown as Joe Smith and others as Smith, Joe in the from field. I believe this maybe because the sender has 2 different places the messages are sent from & the friendly name is set differently in each. Can I have Outlook correct this using my contact list as a sort of look-up table?

I have already searched around & think this is not possible but wanted a definitive answer.

Thanks
Andy

That can only be set up by the sender. You are not able to change the format once the email is sent to you.

Thanks Shawn, that's what I was afraid was going to be the answer.

Andy

I have been attempting to set up Outlook to display the contact name in the inbox from field. A few of my contacts, when I receive an email from them, will only display their sending email address and not the contact name associated with the email address. Is there a way to change this?? Thanks