How to get "Display as" in Contacts (e-mail) to show last name fir

Tish wrote:

If the purpose of distribution lists is not to actually create usable
distribution lists....ones where you can see your list in good alpha
order by last name, it's easy to understand why people are using
everything but distribution lists to accomplish their goals. So what
did Microsoft actually have in mind for the real purpose of a
distribution list ?????

Something else to be aware of - when adding members to a DL from a Contacts
folder, the "Name" column in the Address Book view will use a Contact field
called "Subject", which may contain something different from your File As or
Display As fields. You can see the field if you display your Contacts in a
table view and then add that field from the "All Contact Fields" category
using Field Chooser. This field (and the Display As field) seem originally
to be generated from the Full Name field (without the Title field), but once
created, it doesn't change even if you change the Display As.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Thanks Brian. This info is really helpful. Much more so than the option
would be of continuing to create individual contact folders for each
distribution list. Perhaps this approach will also help us when we wish to
export the information for use in an Earthlink address book. (We export as
our messages epitomize the problems that spam filters are designed to flag
---we have either large attachments or embedded photos and we normally send
from a private server. Exporting our messages to an Earthlink address makes
them 'more trustworthy' to many of our recipients. Brian, I always look
forward to your responses as they 'fix' our problems. Thank you.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Tish wrote:

If the purpose of distribution lists is not to actually create usable
distribution lists....ones where you can see your list in good alpha
order by last name, it's easy to understand why people are using
everything but distribution lists to accomplish their goals. So what
did Microsoft actually have in mind for the real purpose of a
distribution list ?????

Something else to be aware of - when adding members to a DL from a Contacts
folder, the "Name" column in the Address Book view will use a Contact field
called "Subject", which may contain something different from your File As or
Display As fields. You can see the field if you display your Contacts in a
table view and then add that field from the "All Contact Fields" category
using Field Chooser. This field (and the Display As field) seem originally
to be generated from the Full Name field (without the Title field), but once
created, it doesn't change even if you change the Display As.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Tish wrote:

Perhaps this approach will also help us
when we wish to export the information for use in an Earthlink
address book. (We export as our messages epitomize the problems that
spam filters are designed to flag ---we have either large attachments
or embedded photos and we normally send from a private server.
Exporting our messages to an Earthlink address makes them 'more
trustworthy' to many of our recipients.

Some other suggestions for handling bulk mail can be found he
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/massmail.asp
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]