How much authority a connector's observed display name carries.
A name is only as trustworthy as its source. The name a person puts on their
own outgoing mail is a self-assertion; the name a third party typed into a
To/Cc header is a guess that may be a nickname, a company, a role, or an
unsubstituted mail-merge placeholder. Plot lets a higher tier replace a lower
one, and within a tier only accepts a strict refinement of the stored name.
"self" — observed in the From header of a message sent BY this contact.
"third-party" — observed in To/Cc, an attendee list, or any other place
where someone else supplied the name. This is the default.
"directory" — bulk import from an address book or workspace directory.
How much authority a connector's observed display name carries.
A name is only as trustworthy as its source. The name a person puts on their own outgoing mail is a self-assertion; the name a third party typed into a To/Cc header is a guess that may be a nickname, a company, a role, or an unsubstituted mail-merge placeholder. Plot lets a higher tier replace a lower one, and within a tier only accepts a strict refinement of the stored name.
"self"— observed in the From header of a message sent BY this contact."third-party"— observed in To/Cc, an attendee list, or any other place where someone else supplied the name. This is the default."directory"— bulk import from an address book or workspace directory.