Thursday, November 5, 2009

MS Outlook PS #1: Error using Comma as Email Address Separator

Problem:

Receiving error message when using comma as email address separator.

Solution:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 uses, by default, semi-colons to separate email addresses.

You can configure Outlook to recognize the comma as a valid e-mail address separator as follows:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options....
  2. On the General tab, click E-Mail Options
  3. Click Advanced E-Mail Options
  4. Under When sending a message click to select the Allow comma as address separator check box.
Note: You can still use semi-colon (;) as email address separator.