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Q112267: PC Win: TO: List Not Sorting Alphabetically

Article: Q112267
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you select names to be included on a TO: or CC: list from the Global
Address List (GAL), Postoffice Address List (POL), or Personal Address Book
(PAB), all names do not sort alphabetically.

CAUSE
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When you load the address windows and look at the GAL, POL, or PAB, the Windows
client caches as many names from that list as it can. The names you see
displayed are within that cache. If you select names from within the cache,
those names will be inserted into the TO: list alphabetically. However, if any
of the names you select are "outside" of the cache, those names will be placed
in the TO: list first, followed by the names in the cache in the order they were
selected.

This is a design limitation of the Windows client.

Additional query words: 3.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0

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