Microsoft KB Archive/229638

= OLEXP: You Cannot Disable Commas as Address Separators in Outlook Express =

Article ID: 229638

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q229638



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SYMPTOMS
When you use Outlook Express, and you type an address in the To field of an e-mail message in the form of "lastname, firstname" (without the quotation marks), the name that you type resolves as two separate e-mail addresses.



CAUSE
Outlook Express recognizes the comma as an address separator. You cannot disable commas as address separators in Outlook Express.



RESOLUTION
You can turn on or off the use of commas to separate e-mail addresses if you upgrade to a full-featured e-mail program, such as Microsoft Outlook 98 or Microsoft Outlook 2000.

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