> i wanted to thank you all for your responses. This still remains a mystery.
>
> i have not found any resolution. I have since done a few other things to
> try to establish the consistency of this problem
>
> I added an additional datafile with a separate CONTACTS list. when creating
> new contacts or copying contacts from other .pst files...they still seem to
> work (MOST of the time...occasionaly there is a choke) on both the groupwise
> outgoing and my personal smtp/pop account.
>
> If i add a name from the MAPI address book...double click it...copy the
> email address from the properties ...then paste it into the to line. it will
> usually work. sometimes it resolves it BACK to the user name found in the
> mapi address book. this is an inconsistent behavior.
>
> If i simply reply to a message. it puts the "display as" name in the TO
> field....not the user name...and not the email address....this forcecs me
> back into the above action (copy...paste...etc)
>
> the odd thing....is that even when the message comes thorugh the pop
> account....the reply is the same way (in this case it should have never even
> touched the groupwise server).
>
> this leads me to belive that the issue is as was alluded to...that simply
> having the MAPI address book (gropuwise) account in the outlook profile is
> causing the conflict???
>
> seems a bit nonsensical to me....but i'm already well past my own knowledge
> of the inner workings of OUTLOOK to interpret this.
>
> is there anything anyone might suggest to try?
>
> i could probably live with all of it...except the problems when hitting
> "reply". it seems to me that in that case...outlook should limit itself to
> the "reply to" email address from the message header ....especially when the
> message was NOT received through the groupwise server. and avoid any
> reference to MAPI address book or CONTACTS
>
> if i could resolve this issue...i can work around the rest...
>
> ???
>
> thanks again
>
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>

>> That's my assumption because I know of other MAPI transports on which it
>> chokes. That's why I was asking JTW if he had any documentation that would
>> lead him to expect it to work with Groupwise.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "PWLucido" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:260B7309-E43F-4054-B472-4D8BB138311F@microsoft.com...

>>> Russ,
>>> What you state here is that Outlook autoresolution only works with
>>> Exchange
>>> and local data files. Thus, MAPI to Groupwise just won't work. Correct?
>>>
>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>

>>>> AFAIK, Outlook supports autoresolution against Exchange Server and local
>>>> data files, which your description confirms. Did you find some
>>>> documentation
>>>> somewhere that lead you to believe it would do the same against novell
>>>> groupwise server? I'm not aware of any, but I don't work in this area
>>>> much.
>>>> --
>>>> Russ Valentine
>>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>>> "JTW" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:6DC48603-5731-4E4C-846D-95C508DD88D8@microsoft.com...

>>>>>I am having an odd problem that i haven't been able to find any
>>>>>information
>>>>>on.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to configure outlook 2007 to work with a novell groupwise
>>>>> server
>>>>> at work. I have set it up with a MAPI account for groupwise and a pop
>>>>> account for another email account
>>>>>
>>>>> all is actually working well actually...except
>>>>>
>>>>> when sending a new message or reply, i attempt to add a name from the
>>>>> MAPI
>>>>> address book (on the corporate groupwise server). when doing this, the
>>>>> name
>>>>> is imported into the TO field, but not the email adress. e.g. "John
>>>>> smith"
>>>>> will appear instead of "John.smith@doman.com". (you CAN double click
>>>>> on
>>>>> the
>>>>> name and view all the contact properties) this of course is normal...as
>>>>> outlook normally would resolve "john smith" into the email adress when
>>>>> sending. this is where the breakdown is happening. apparently...it is
>>>>> trying
>>>>> to send the message to a literal email adress of "john smith" (vs.
>>>>> "john.smith@domain.com") which is not working and returns a error
>>>>> message
>>>>> that none of my email accounts will support sending to this address.
>>>>>
>>>>> So i tried adding the contact into my OUTLOOK CONTACTS from the
>>>>> groupwise
>>>>> address book. this worked fine as well..the name, email address, phone
>>>>> number etc...all transferred over without apparent issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> however...the problem remains....when adding one of these contacts from
>>>>> the
>>>>> OUTLOOK CONTACTS to the TO field, the name is displayed instead of the
>>>>> email
>>>>> address in the same manner and the same error occurs when sending.
>>>>>
>>>>> sending a message with a literal email address in the TO field works
>>>>> without
>>>>> problem (e.g. "john.smith@domain.com")
>>>>>
>>>>> creating a de novo (fresh, new) contact in OUTLOOK has the effect of
>>>>> displaying the literal email address in the TO field when adding that
>>>>> contact
>>>>> in. this too sends without problems..
>>>>>
>>>>> so the question is: why will outlook not extract/reference the email
>>>>> address
>>>>> in messages when the contact orginated from the MAPI address book
>>>>> (Novell
>>>>> groupwise server)? is there a work around?

>>>>

>>