XCLN: X.400 Address Not Displayed in Message Body of a Forwarded Message

ID: Q230522

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SUMMARY

In Microsoft Outlook, only the sender's Display Name of the original message is added to the body when a message is forwarded or replied to. If the recipient wants to send mail to the original sender, only the Display Name is available. In a Microsoft Exchange Server organization, it is possible to look up the address in the global address list; however, if the original sender is outside of the Exchange Server organization and has no custom recipient entry, it may be impossible to find the e-mail address of the original sender.


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Outlook uses the following registry key to allow the user to choose which address types are included with full address information in the message body:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Exchange/Client/Options/FullAddressInText
SMTP, FAX, and COMPUSERVE are the default entries. To add the X.400 address type, change the value from:
SMTP COMPUSERVE FAX
to

SMTP COMPUSERVE FAX X400
NOTE: Exchange Server X.500 addresses may be included by using the EX address type.

This change takes effect immediately, with no need to restart the client. When you reply or forward messages, they will contain the X.400 address of the sender if the sender is a native X.400 user.

Additional query words: X400 X500 


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Version           : WINDOWS:2000,97,98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1999