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Hi Peter,
No problem.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
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"Peter Sale" <psale@adelphia.my-leg.net> wrote in message
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> Well that explains it. Many thanks for the reply.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Peter Sale
> Santa Monica, CA USA
> To email me, just pull 'my-leg.'
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
> news:umOwbVs%23EHA.3988@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> The names are set by the users as their "display name".
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Peter Sale" <psale@adelphia.my-leg.net> wrote in message
>> news:OxKqI2b%23EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> OK, but I just double checked my "All Contacts" list and some contacts are first name
>>> only, some first and last name, and some are just the person's email address, without a
>>> name. Where does Windows Messenger get the names to display in its Contacts List?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Peter Sale
>>> Santa Monica, CA USA
>>> To email me, just pull 'my-leg.'
>>>
>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u$UMrgb%23EHA.824@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Greetings Peter,
>>>>
>>>> Actually Messenger has never had a renaming contact capability-- the only way to add
>>>> this is using Messenger Plus (http://www.msgplus.net) *AND* using MSN Messenger (Windows
>>>> Messenger won't allow you to do this).
>>>> ____________________________________________
>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>>>>
>>>> "Peter Sale" wrote ...
>>>>> Forgot to mention I'm running Windows Messenger version 5.1 (5.1.0639) under XP Pro
>>>>> SP2.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Peter Sale" wrote in message ...
>>>>>> Currently some of the contacts in All Contacts have meaningful names like Bill, or Sue
>>>>>> or Peter, while others simply display meaningless email addresses. How can I change
>>>>>> such meaningless email addresses to something meaningful like that person's first
>>>>>> name?
>>>
>>
>>
>
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