It is really using the user name. Try it. Create a User record with no email address value but a valid-formatted email address for the Login ID field.
The notify action is not paying attention to which mechanism is selected, I selected "email" in the construction of the notify action in the filter. It will only check notification preference if I leave it set to "default" when I make the notify action. That is also something to bear in mind when testing and you have VIP's that don't want to be bothered. The short answer is: Email engine uses the User form and ignores CTM:People. Worse, email engine's methodology leads to unexpected action in this unique case. In ANY case, it will ignore the notification preference in CTM:People if your filter is set to EMAIL and it WILL send messages to people who are not Disabled in the User form. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"