Thanks for that, Hua - I thought I was going bonkers for a minute.
--
Noel
"hlin [MSFT]" <hlin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Second that. Right now it's not possible to customized it from Windows
> Live Mail. So the easiest way is to use a shorter nick name in Messenger.
> If you want to keep that long name, please use it as your personal
> message, which you can modify from Messenger's
> Tools/Options/Personal/Display Name/Type a personal message for your
> contacts to see. That way you keep your display name short in Mail but
> long in Messenger. Hope that helps.
>
> Thanks,
> -Hua
>
> "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OTuIHxVJIHA.1164@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Sorry - it looks like something has changed very recently, since the
>> release of WL Mail out of beta. It certainly used to be the case that
>> the display name was taken from the me.contact file, but now it appears
>> that it is taking the Messenger display name along with the picture. For
>> the time being, until we find out what is happening, I can only suggest
>> that you put a new, shorter display name in Messenger and see if that
>> helps.
>> --
>> Noel
>>
>> "Adriano" <Adriano@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5F9C51A2-251D-49EE-94EC-AD69C1E99411@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> I make this when you post, and until now nothing changes!!! Pass more
>>> than 5
>>> hours!
>>>
>>> "Ildhund" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try [Tools >] Options > Compose > Edit button > Contact and type in a
>>>> new
>>>> nickname. You may have to wait a bit for it to appear.
>>>> --
>>>> Noel
>>