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I am using Outlook 2007 on XPSP2. I have two accounts setup in Outlook. How does Outlook determine which account it uses when I click the "reply" button? The reason I ask is that for messages sent to the same account, Outlook will sometimes use that account when I click "reply" and sometimes my other account. Shouldn't it always use the account the message was sent to when I click reply? Any help would be appreciated. -- Thanks, Bob "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message It probably does. I suspect your accounts are actually aliases of each other news:O7TKQ%23YoJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > I am using Outlook 2007 on XPSP2. I have two accounts setup in Outlook. > How does Outlook determine which account it uses when I click the "reply" > button? The reason I ask is that for messages sent to the same account, > Outlook will sometimes use that account when I click "reply" and sometimes > my other account. Shouldn't it always use the account the message was sent > to when I click reply? so that no matter what mail address received the incoming messages, Outlook can download them by either account. Check for yourself. Add the "E-mail Account" column to the header line using Field Chooser. It will show you whidch account received the message. You can tell if the two addresses are aliases if you use the same server username and password for each account. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] I did not think about that but yes, I did set them up as aliases. The odd
thing is occasionally one is listed from coming to one address when it actually came to the other. Is there any way around this? The reason I need to find one is that one account I am not supposed to send personal mail from and the other I can. The thing is sometimes this problem results in my sending a reply from an account I did not intend. Show quoteHide quote "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" <tillman1***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e69okvZoJHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:O7TKQ%23YoJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> I am using Outlook 2007 on XPSP2. I have two accounts setup in Outlook. >> How does Outlook determine which account it uses when I click the "reply" >> button? The reason I ask is that for messages sent to the same account, >> Outlook will sometimes use that account when I click "reply" and >> sometimes >> my other account. Shouldn't it always use the account the message was >> sent >> to when I click reply? > > It probably does. I suspect your accounts are actually aliases of each > other so that no matter what mail address received the incoming messages, > Outlook can download them by either account. Check for yourself. Add the > "E-mail Account" column to the header line using Field Chooser. It will > show you whidch account received the message. > > You can tell if the two addresses are aliases if you use the same server > username and password for each account. > -- > Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] If they are alias's for the same unique account then it makes no difference
as they all go to the same ISP account Show quoteHide quote "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:eV7tbYaoJHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I did not think about that but yes, I did set them up as aliases. The odd >thing is occasionally one is listed from coming to one address when it >actually came to the other. > > Is there any way around this? The reason I need to find one is that one > account I am not supposed to send personal mail from and the other I can. > The thing is sometimes this problem results in my sending a reply from an > account I did not intend. > > > > "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" <tillman1***@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:e69okvZoJHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message >> news:O7TKQ%23YoJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >>> I am using Outlook 2007 on XPSP2. I have two accounts setup in Outlook. >>> How does Outlook determine which account it uses when I click the >>> "reply" >>> button? The reason I ask is that for messages sent to the same account, >>> Outlook will sometimes use that account when I click "reply" and >>> sometimes >>> my other account. Shouldn't it always use the account the message was >>> sent >>> to when I click reply? >> >> It probably does. I suspect your accounts are actually aliases of each >> other so that no matter what mail address received the incoming messages, >> Outlook can download them by either account. Check for yourself. Add >> the "E-mail Account" column to the header line using Field Chooser. It >> will show you whidch account received the message. >> >> You can tell if the two addresses are aliases if you use the same server >> username and password for each account. >> -- >> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] > > They do but they are different addresses and that is what matters.
Show quoteHide quote "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message news:exKwD8aoJHA.6060@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > If they are alias's for the same unique account then it makes no > difference as they all go to the same ISP account > > "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:eV7tbYaoJHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>I did not think about that but yes, I did set them up as aliases. The odd >>thing is occasionally one is listed from coming to one address when it >>actually came to the other. >> >> Is there any way around this? The reason I need to find one is that one >> account I am not supposed to send personal mail from and the other I can. >> The thing is sometimes this problem results in my sending a reply from an >> account I did not intend. >> >> >> >> "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" <tillman1***@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:e69okvZoJHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message >>> news:O7TKQ%23YoJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> >>>> I am using Outlook 2007 on XPSP2. I have two accounts setup in >>>> Outlook. >>>> How does Outlook determine which account it uses when I click the >>>> "reply" >>>> button? The reason I ask is that for messages sent to the same >>>> account, >>>> Outlook will sometimes use that account when I click "reply" and >>>> sometimes >>>> my other account. Shouldn't it always use the account the message was >>>> sent >>>> to when I click reply? >>> >>> It probably does. I suspect your accounts are actually aliases of each >>> other so that no matter what mail address received the incoming >>> messages, Outlook can download them by either account. Check for >>> yourself. Add the "E-mail Account" column to the header line using >>> Field Chooser. It will show you whidch account received the message. >>> >>> You can tell if the two addresses are aliases if you use the same server >>> username and password for each account. >>> -- >>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] >> >> > > I did not think about that but yes, I did set them up as aliases. The odd
thing is occasionally one is listed from coming to one address when it actually came to the other. Is there any way around this? The reason I need to find one is that one account I am not supposed to send personal mail from and the other I can. The thing is sometimes this problem results in my sending a reply from an account I did not intend. Show quoteHide quote "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" <tillman1***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e69okvZoJHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:O7TKQ%23YoJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> I am using Outlook 2007 on XPSP2. I have two accounts setup in Outlook. >> How does Outlook determine which account it uses when I click the "reply" >> button? The reason I ask is that for messages sent to the same account, >> Outlook will sometimes use that account when I click "reply" and >> sometimes >> my other account. Shouldn't it always use the account the message was >> sent >> to when I click reply? > > It probably does. I suspect your accounts are actually aliases of each > other so that no matter what mail address received the incoming messages, > Outlook can download them by either account. Check for yourself. Add the > "E-mail Account" column to the header line using Field Chooser. It will > show you whidch account received the message. > > You can tell if the two addresses are aliases if you use the same server > username and password for each account. > -- > Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message Sure, but since the messages are in the same mailbox and since Outlook news:uEx9jYaoJHA.4168@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I did not think about that but yes, I did set them up as aliases. The odd >thing is occasionally one is listed from coming to one address when it >actually came to the other. accesses that mailbox with both accounts in parallel, sometimes one will download the messages, sometimes the other, and sometimes you may find them BOTH downloading the same message so you have two of that message in the Outlook Inbox. That's one of the cautions that exist when you use aliases. One thing you can do about duplicates is to configure one account so it never receives, since the other account will pick up the messages just as easily. > Is there any way around this? The reason I need to find one is that one You'll have to train yourself better. Outlook cannot distinguish between the > account I am not supposed to send personal mail from and the other I can. > The thing is sometimes this problem results in my sending a reply from an > account I did not intend. accounts. At download time, Outlook doesn't care what _address_ is on the message. They all come from the same mailbox on the server. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] I thought about configuring one account so it never receives, and did that
earlier today. I was just hoping there might be some better way around it, so I wouldn't have to train myself better. I try to get things done as quickly as I can and checking what account I was sending from required an extra step. The fix I tried and you mentioned should prevent any further troubles. Thanks. Show quoteHide quote "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" <tillman1***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23tvhZpboJHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:uEx9jYaoJHA.4168@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > >>I did not think about that but yes, I did set them up as aliases. The odd >>thing is occasionally one is listed from coming to one address when it >>actually came to the other. > > Sure, but since the messages are in the same mailbox and since Outlook > accesses that mailbox with both accounts in parallel, sometimes one will > download the messages, sometimes the other, and sometimes you may find > them BOTH downloading the same message so you have two of that message in > the Outlook Inbox. That's one of the cautions that exist when you use > aliases. One thing you can do about duplicates is to configure one account > so it never receives, since the other account will pick up the messages > just as easily. > >> Is there any way around this? The reason I need to find one is that one >> account I am not supposed to send personal mail from and the other I can. >> The thing is sometimes this problem results in my sending a reply from an >> account I did not intend. > > You'll have to train yourself better. Outlook cannot distinguish between > the accounts. At download time, Outlook doesn't care what _address_ is on > the message. They all come from the same mailbox on the server. > -- > Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] "BBran" <bb***@nowhere.com> wrote in message A better solution would be to have a separate mailbox for each mail address. news:OrlZticoJHA.4448@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I thought about configuring one account so it never receives, and did that >earlier today. I was just hoping there might be some better way around it, >so I wouldn't have to train myself better. I try to get things done as >quickly as I can and checking what account I was sending from required an >extra step. The fix I tried and you mentioned should prevent any further >troubles. Then they'd always be distinct and replying using the receiving account would always be correct. Do you control the mail server? If not, contact the mail provider and see if they have that option. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]  
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