Show all messages from a contact

Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
contact?

I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an email
-> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use multiple
email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I do a
search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact information, so
is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular contact?

While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to a
contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8 addresses
(crazy foreigners).

Thanks!

Russ
Thu May 08 14:30:02 PDT 2008

Why wouldn't you be using the Activities Tab for this? That's what it's for.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Scott L" <Scott L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:837AF421-D661-4771-B17B-B02C4F059BBF@microsoft.com...
> Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
> contact?
>
> I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an
> email
> -> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use
> multiple
> email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I do
> a
> search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact information,
> so
> is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular contact?
>
> While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to a
> contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8
> addresses
> (crazy foreigners).
>
> Thanks!

ScottL
Thu May 08 15:53:06 PDT 2008

Ah, in order to get that to work (I am using gmail/IMAP) I had to go into
contact properties -> activities tab and change the folder used from
"personal mail" to my gmail/IMAP folder. I wasn't aware of this feature...
thanks.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Why wouldn't you be using the Activities Tab for this? That's what it's for.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Scott L" <Scott L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:837AF421-D661-4771-B17B-B02C4F059BBF@microsoft.com...
> > Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
> > contact?
> >
> > I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an
> > email
> > -> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use
> > multiple
> > email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I do
> > a
> > search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact information,
> > so
> > is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular contact?
> >
> > While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to a
> > contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8
> > addresses
> > (crazy foreigners).
> >
> > Thanks!
>

ScottL
Thu May 08 16:09:56 PDT 2008

Here is an interesting follow-up question:

When using gmail/IMAP, some emails from my foreign contacts do not appear
when searching through activities. I researched which emails this was
happening to and found that for some reason outlooks displays those emails as
from:

Name: <xxx@yyy.co.kr> [email address changed]
Email address: =?EUC-KR?B?yLK+xrinIDxyZXVtaW9AYXZhbG9uLmNvLmtyPg==?=

Now, I tried double clicking on the "from" line and changing how the
name/address is displayed, but it reverts back to how it was as soon as I
leave that message screen. The result is many emails not appearing in the
activities search for that contact (or in a xobni search for that contact).

However, this is not a problem when using web-based gmail or outlook with a
POP3 connection--the "from" field appears completely normal and the emails
appear in an activities search. Is there a solution to this problem (I
apologize if this is also relatively obvious--I am new to Outlook)?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Why wouldn't you be using the Activities Tab for this? That's what it's for.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Scott L" <Scott L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:837AF421-D661-4771-B17B-B02C4F059BBF@microsoft.com...
> > Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
> > contact?
> >
> > I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an
> > email
> > -> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use
> > multiple
> > email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I do
> > a
> > search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact information,
> > so
> > is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular contact?
> >
> > While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to a
> > contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8
> > addresses
> > (crazy foreigners).
> >
> > Thanks!
>

Russ
Thu May 08 17:17:28 PDT 2008

IMAP and foreign contacts are important details you managed to leave out of
your posts until now. I have no idea. Good luck to you. Always post complete
details if you actually expect help from a newsgroup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Scott L" <ScottL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DEE62130-1192-4364-87BD-35E17A0FDC43@microsoft.com...
> Here is an interesting follow-up question:
>
> When using gmail/IMAP, some emails from my foreign contacts do not appear
> when searching through activities. I researched which emails this was
> happening to and found that for some reason outlooks displays those emails
> as
> from:
>
> Name: <xxx@yyy.co.kr> [email address changed]
> Email address: =?EUC-KR?B?yLK+xrinIDxyZXVtaW9AYXZhbG9uLmNvLmtyPg==?=
>
> Now, I tried double clicking on the "from" line and changing how the
> name/address is displayed, but it reverts back to how it was as soon as I
> leave that message screen. The result is many emails not appearing in the
> activities search for that contact (or in a xobni search for that
> contact).
>
> However, this is not a problem when using web-based gmail or outlook with
> a
> POP3 connection--the "from" field appears completely normal and the emails
> appear in an activities search. Is there a solution to this problem (I
> apologize if this is also relatively obvious--I am new to Outlook)?
>
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Why wouldn't you be using the Activities Tab for this? That's what it's
>> for.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Scott L" <Scott L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:837AF421-D661-4771-B17B-B02C4F059BBF@microsoft.com...
>> > Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
>> > contact?
>> >
>> > I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an
>> > email
>> > -> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use
>> > multiple
>> > email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I
>> > do
>> > a
>> > search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact
>> > information,
>> > so
>> > is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular
>> > contact?
>> >
>> > While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to
>> > a
>> > contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8
>> > addresses
>> > (crazy foreigners).
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>

ScottL
Thu May 08 17:29:02 PDT 2008

That information (gmail/IMAP and foreign contacts) was only necessary for the
follow-up question--the original was answered fine without the clutter.
Thanks for the info nonetheless.

Does anyone know the answer?



"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> IMAP and foreign contacts are important details you managed to leave out of
> your posts until now. I have no idea. Good luck to you. Always post complete
> details if you actually expect help from a newsgroup.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Scott L" <ScottL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DEE62130-1192-4364-87BD-35E17A0FDC43@microsoft.com...
> > Here is an interesting follow-up question:
> >
> > When using gmail/IMAP, some emails from my foreign contacts do not appear
> > when searching through activities. I researched which emails this was
> > happening to and found that for some reason outlooks displays those emails
> > as
> > from:
> >
> > Name: <xxx@yyy.co.kr> [email address changed]
> > Email address: =?EUC-KR?B?yLK+xrinIDxyZXVtaW9AYXZhbG9uLmNvLmtyPg==?=
> >
> > Now, I tried double clicking on the "from" line and changing how the
> > name/address is displayed, but it reverts back to how it was as soon as I
> > leave that message screen. The result is many emails not appearing in the
> > activities search for that contact (or in a xobni search for that
> > contact).
> >
> > However, this is not a problem when using web-based gmail or outlook with
> > a
> > POP3 connection--the "from" field appears completely normal and the emails
> > appear in an activities search. Is there a solution to this problem (I
> > apologize if this is also relatively obvious--I am new to Outlook)?
> >
> >
> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> Why wouldn't you be using the Activities Tab for this? That's what it's
> >> for.
> >> --
> >> Russ Valentine
> >> [MVP-Outlook]
> >> "Scott L" <Scott L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:837AF421-D661-4771-B17B-B02C4F059BBF@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
> >> > contact?
> >> >
> >> > I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an
> >> > email
> >> > -> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use
> >> > multiple
> >> > email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I
> >> > do
> >> > a
> >> > search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact
> >> > information,
> >> > so
> >> > is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular
> >> > contact?
> >> >
> >> > While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to
> >> > a
> >> > contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8
> >> > addresses
> >> > (crazy foreigners).
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >>
>

ScottL
Thu May 08 17:32:05 PDT 2008

Also, what about the other, small question at the bottom: Does anyone know
how to add more than three email addresses to a contact?



"Scott L" wrote:

> Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
> contact?
>
> I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an email
> -> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use multiple
> email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I do a
> search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact information, so
> is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular contact?
>
> While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to a
> contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8 addresses
> (crazy foreigners).
>
> Thanks!

Russ
Thu May 08 19:03:22 PDT 2008

You can't.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Scott L" <ScottL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9AF597A8-9467-4EF2-8912-DB32D952D0A3@microsoft.com...
> Also, what about the other, small question at the bottom: Does anyone know
> how to add more than three email addresses to a contact?
>
>
>
> "Scott L" wrote:
>
>> Hows does one show all emails received from and/or sent to a particular
>> contact?
>>
>> I understand how to show all from a particular email address (open an
>> email
>> -> related -> messages from sender), but some of of my contacts use
>> multiple
>> email addresses and it is annoying to add them in manually each time I do
>> a
>> search. I have their email addresses saved in their contact information,
>> so
>> is there a way to easily show all messages from that particular contact?
>>
>> While we're at it: is there a way to add more than 3 email addresses to a
>> contact? Some of the people I correspond with overseas use up to 8
>> addresses
>> (crazy foreigners).
>>
>> Thanks!