OL2000: (IMO) Automatic Font Format Not Applied to Messages With Many Addresses in the TO Line (218382)

NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Internet Mail Only option. To determine your installation type, click About Microsoft Outlook on the Help menu. If you have the Internet Mail Only option installed, you see "Internet Mail Only".

For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

SYMPTOMS

If you customize a view such that it applies specific font formatting and then receive an e-mail message that contains many addresses in the To field, your custom font formatting may not apply to that particular message. Other messages in the custom view will apply your font changes.

NOTE: This behavior does not appear in the Corporate/Workgroup installation of Outlook.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.