IT Support Notes

If you are a MS Outlook users you have a few options with regards to where you want Outlook pull e-mail address from when e-mailing someone.  Here is how to change those options.

In Outlook 2002 & 2003
You can change the ‘default’ Global Address List that automatically pulls up when you click the TO: button in a new message to select addresses.
To change this setting:

• From the menu, select TOOLS > Address Book
• From the menu, select TOOLS > Options
• At the ‘Show this address list first:’ click the down arrow and select the list you want to have pull up as a default
• At the ‘When sending mail, check names using these address lists in the following order’: highlight the item and use the up/down arrows on right to change order
• Click APPLY (if you wish to set something else without exiting window) or OK to finish
• EXIT OUTLOOK, and launch Outlook again

In Outlook 2000
To change the ‘default’ Global Address List when you click the TO: button in a new message in Outlook 2000, do the following:

• From the menu, select TOOLS > Services
• In the Service window, click the ‘Addressing’ tab
• To permanently change the address list priority, click an address provider (for example, Contacts) and then click the arrows to arrange the address providers in the order you want to have addresses resolved.
• Outlook will resolve the name to the first address it matches based on the address order.
• Exit Outlook, and launch Outlook again