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Changing the default Reply E-mail Address
Hi! thanks for the idea. That seems to work only for composing new messages.
I need it to work when I "reply" to messages as well ....
Chris
I have the exact opposite problem. I have multiple IMAP accounts. I have "A" set as default account.
If I compose a new email, it gets composed as from "A"
If I get an email addressed to "A" and I click on REPLY, the reply goes out as being from "A".
The problem is that, if I get an email addressed to "B" and I click on REPLY, the reply will go out as being from "A", unless I remember to change the FROM to "B".
I really want "A" replies to go out as from "A" and "B" replies to go out as from "B".
I have gone to File > Options > Mail > Send Messages and both checked and unchecked the box Always use the default account when composing new messages.
It does the same thing either way the box is checked or unchecked - when I reply to an email sent to "B", it defaults to sending it from "A".
According to this Microsoft document
Change the account used to send email messages
it should not do that. But it does.
Any suggestions on how to correct?
That's the exact same document I referenced in my problem description above. Yes, according to that document
"when you compose a new email message, Outlook picks the default account as the From account. However, if you want to Reply, Reply All, or Forward a message, Outlook will send your message with the same account the original mail was sent to. "
But that is NOT how it is behaving. If I get an email sent to non-default account "B" and I click on REPLY, the FROM is defaulting to the "A" default account. It does this regardless of how the option:
Always use the default account when composing new messages.
is set.
