XCLN: Outlook & Exchange One-Off SMTP Address & Display Name Parsing

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Microsoft Exchange and Outlook clients can parse one-off SMTP addresses and display names in the following forms when you apply the hotfix: These additional addressing forms are only available as one-off addresses. The new parsing code successfully parses the display names and e-mail addresses from the strings. For example, if someone entered the following string as a one-off:

     First Last <someone@microsoft.com>
				

it would be parsed as follows: The new parsing functionality only applies to one-off SMTP addresses. PAB SMTP addresses still need to be entered as follows: The new SMTP parsing code is only invoked when an SMTP address has been entered as a one-off on the "TO" line and a "check names" has been performed, or when the Outlook background name check thread is invoked.

The Outlook background name check thread is executed when an SMTP one-off address has been entered and the TAB key is selected to advance to the next field. The Outlook background name check thread was designed to remove white space from the one-off string. This was a useful feature for eliminating typos before processing the address. However, this feature needed to be removed, because the clients are now able to parse complex strings and addresses that may contain spaces. The new SMTP one-off parsing functionality was added to Mapi32.dll. The Outlook background name check function was modified in Outllib.dll. These were separate modifications, but both should be implemented when using the Outlook client. If the Outllib.dll is not updated, the display name will be parsed without a space and will appear as: