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A friend has recently started sending me text messages (from a phone) that I receive as email. The sending email address is of the form 0123456789@mms.att.net, and this is what Outlook 2010 displays for the sender's name. I'd like to have the sender's actual name displayed instead. (That name is not part of the email header on the messages I get. On those messages, both the "From" and "Return-Path" fields contain only the sending email address.)
I've set up an Outlook Address Book entry for the sender's email address, and in that Address Book entry I've given useful values for the Full Name, the File As, and the Display As fields. However, Outlook continues to show me only the email address for the sender when I get this kind of message.
How can I tell Outlook 2010 that when I get email from 0123456789@mms.att.net, it should be displayed as coming from, say, "Joe TextsTooMuch"?
Thanks.
I tried this, but it didn't seem to have any effect. I created the macro and the rule to run it, then ran all my rules on a mailbox with a message from this sender in it. In the "From" column of my list of messages in the mailbox, nothing changed. – KnowItAllWannabe – 2015-02-18T06:21:18.747
OK, I tried it myself so I know it works on my setup. Is the rule you created the first one to run? Another rule might have stop processing more rules as an action. Alternatively, on the last step of creating/editing the rule, there is an option to 'Run this rule now'. Try running this rule by itself. Another thing to check is the Outlook Trust Center - are macros enabled? – Garrulinae – 2015-02-18T10:24:03.483
So here's an oddity. In Rules and Alerts, my rule is shown. It's #2 on the list. If I then choose "Run Rules Now", my rule is not listed in the "Select rules to run" list, although it appears that all other rules in the "Rules and Alerts" rules list are present. Any idea why my rule isn't in the "Select rules to run" list? Is there some other way to manually run a rule? – KnowItAllWannabe – 2015-02-18T17:19:45.207
Yes, edit the rule, and on the last page of the Rules Wizard, there is an option to 'Run this rule now'. Did you also check to make sure that macros are enabled in Outlook?
– Garrulinae – 2015-02-18T23:48:27.563It seems that I had to restart Outlook to get it to work, but it seems to be working now. Thanks! – KnowItAllWannabe – 2015-02-19T00:47:02.293