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sending from multiple domains in outlook web
Hi, I know this has been asked before but I am reading lots of contradictory statements. Is there a way to add multiple domain names to one Office 365 email account? I see the connected ...
Hi John,
For short, there is only one reply address per mailbox. So, to use multiple reply addresses, you need more mailboxes. You can use shared or regular mailboxes for that purpose. The former doesn't require license and for the latter you can purchase email-only licenses which are must cheaper than full E3.
Thanks for the reply. But could you help clarify a couple of issues please?
When you say I'd need more mailboxes but I can use shared mailbox, how does that work? I tried to make my account into a shared mailbox yesterday (after giving a colleague admin rights as I couldn't change my own account...) but it said I would lose admin abilities - is that right?
If it is right, then presumably I'll need to buy another account to be admin?s What level do I need to pay for to have admin rights over 365 Business Premium users?
I followed some instructions for setting up a DL and that comes in, but when I try to reply, I can't reply from the original to: address, only the main one (others have previously said that should work).
Finally (sorry) - the connected accounts loss. Is there now no way to use a mailbox as a unified mailbox to pull in accounts from Gmail etc? If not, it would seem staying with Google would make more sense as at lest it allows that. We can't be flipping between mailboxes all the time.
Many thanks for your help
John
Hi John,
I'll try to clarify some things here. You do need one mailbox per reply address.
So let's say your current email address is user@company.com. If you need another reply address, say user2@company.com, you need another mailbox. This mailbox can be a shared one or regular mailbox.
As the name suggests, shared mailbox is meant for addresses such as sales@company.com. They do not need a license and they have smaller quota than regular mailboxes. But, you can create a shared mailbox with address user2@company.com and "add" user@company.com to it (=give full access & send as permissions). After a while, the another mailbox appears to your Outlook and now you can choose which email address to use.
Process is same with the regular mailbox: create a new user, give license to create the mailbox, and give permissions.
Being a user with admin rights doesn't require a license. Just create a user and give, for instance, Global Administrator rights.
As far as I know, you cannot reply as DL.
I wasn't aware of removal of the connected accounts feature - thanks for sharing! If you are using Outlook (client), you can and your Google account as IMAP. That doesn't help Outlook (web) users though. Or, you can simply forward your mail from Google to Office 365.
Thanks for the detailed reply although I'm still a bit confused ;) My fault, not yours!
Yes, the connected accounts removal is a big loss it seems. I replaced my terrible overpriced piece of junk Macbook Pro that fell apart with a lovely cheap Chromebook (and also built a brilliant Hackintosh desktop - all for the price of the refund of the Macbook Pro ;) )
I tend to use Ubuntu on the Chromebook though, not the Chome o/s.
The Android Outlook client that runs in Chrome o/s has connected accounts, I just tried it, but I can't flip back and forth between Ubuntu and Chrome all the time (it's only a key combination but it sometimes causes a crash and I prefer to stay in Ubuntu on the laptop).
My desktop(s) are Macs so I can use the outlook app on those but I like to use email from the cloud rather than download (not totally sure why, maybe force of habit having used Google for so long?).
I really like the idea of moving all my staff over to Office 365 but until I can get this sorted it's going to be a bit of a problem. I'll have to dig in to it more.
But at least now I know what can't be done, and have some options for what can. Thanks for the help and saving me some time!
John
