How to Make Outlook Allow Commas to Separate Multiple Email Recipients

If you're used to separating email recipients with commas, Outlook may have trouble understanding you. Usually, it thinks a comma separates a name's last from its first name; she@example.com, Mark becomes something like "Mark she@exampl.com", for instance.

Fortunately, you can tell Outlook to treat commas as separators of email addresses, not names.

Make Outlook Allow Commas to Separate Multiple Email Recipients

To have Outlook see commas as separating multiple email recipients:

• Select File | Option in Outlook.
• Open the Mail category.
• Make sure Commas can be used to separate multiple message recipients is checked under Send messages.
• Click OK.

Make Outlook 2003 and 2007 Allow Commas to Separate Multiple Email Recipients

To make Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 recognize commas as separating multiple recipients in an email you compose:

• Select Tools | Options… from the menu in Outlook.
• Go to the Preferences tab.
• Click E-mail Options… under E-Mail.
• Now click Advanced E-mail Options… under Message handling.
• Make sure Allow comma as address separator is checked under When sending a message.
• Click OK.
• Click OK.
• Click OK once more.

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