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To designate the mail account used to send a message
This is another one of those areas where Outlook behaves differently depending on whether Outlook is running in Internet Mail Only (IMO) or Corporate/Workgroup (CW) mode. Outlook 97 has only one mode -- the equivalent of Corporate/Workgroup. Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003 also have only one mode, and offers the flexibility of the IMO mode send account feature from Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000.

Outlook 2002, 2003 and 2007 allow you to choose the sending account when composing the message. By default, the account that downloaded the message will be used to send any reply. To choose the account, click the small down arrow next to the Accounts button on the toolbar. This will display a list of your e-mail accounts.
 

Outlook 2000/98 IMO Mode | CW mode & Outlook 97 | Tools | More Information

Outlook 2000/98 IMO Mode

In Outlook 98 or 2000 Internet Mail Only mode, when you are ready to send the message, click the small down arrow next to the Send button on the toolbar. This will display a list of your Internet mail accounts. Choose the one you want to send this message. See:

  • OL2002 How to Select an E-mail Account to Send Messages
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    CW Mode & Outlook 97

    In Outlook 98 or Outlook 2000 CW mode and in Outlook 97, there is no simple way to designate which account will be used to send a particular message. At the time that the message is composed and sent, the service at the top of the delivery order at Tools | Services | Delivery is the one Outlook will use to send the message.

    This suggests several approaches if you need to control which account sends which message or what reply address is used:

  • Before you compose a new message, check Tools | Services | Delivery to make sure that the service you want to deliver this message is at the top of the list. Move it up if necessary. You do not need to restart Outlook after changing the delivery order. Repeat this procedure whenever you want to compose a message to be sent by a different service.
  • On the Options tab of a new message, select Have replies sent to, and enter the return address that you want to use for this message.
  • Use two different profiles for sending and receiving from two different accounts. You can use the same Personal Folders file in both profiles.
  • To send with a different From address in Corporate/Workgroup mode from an Exchange Server mailbox -- uses custom recipients in the Global Address List to simulate sending from a particular Internet account without the need to change the Tools | Services | Delivery order
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    For another method, which uses Exchange Server custom recipients, see Outlook "Send As..." Simulator
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    Tools
    SentRoute   Free Outlook 2000 COM add-in to file each sent message in a folder corresponding to the sending account in Internet Mail Only mode. Separate commercial version for Outlook 2000 Corporate/Workgroup mode and Outlook 2002 also available.
    UniSent   Outlook 2000 COM add-in for Exchange Server users who need to send mail from a second mailbox. The add-in ensures that messages sent with the second mailbox's From address or deleted from the second mailbox stay in the Sent Items or Deleted Items folder of the second mailbox.
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    More Information

    		 Code samples:
  • Changing the Reply Address -- A VBA method for changing the Have Replies Sent To address
  • How to Programmatically Set a Form's From Field
  • Create a new message with a different originator

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