Outlook Multi-email acct should default "From address" to current

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MS Outlook, when set up with Multiple email accounts forces you to designate
one account as primary account and defaults using it's address as the "From
address" for all new emails. This results in having to remember to change it
every time one sends out a new email from a non-primary account by going in
to the Accounts drop down menu. It is annoying and results into too many
unintended errors in the From Address of the email. e.g. Personal vs.
business email address.

A better solution I believe is to provide an Outlook Option that lets you
choose "From Address"; a choice of,

1. Context sensitive "From Address" based on the folder you are in or
2. Always use the Primary acct as the "From Address"

The Accounts drop down override should still be available, should one want
to change once the email is already in development.

Please note that in case of a reply or a Fwd to an incoming/Inbox email,
Outlook uses the contextual address of the receiver account as the From
Address in the reply.

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1) It doesn't matter what folder you are in; folders aren't linked to
accounts (I've got far more folder than accounts configured).
2) Already does this

You can create your own pop-up with some VBA;
http://www.outlookcode.com/threads.aspx?forumid=2&messageid=18235

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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MS Outlook, when set up with Multiple email accounts forces you to designate
one account as primary account and defaults using it's address as the "From
address" for all new emails. This results in having to remember to change
it
every time one sends out a new email from a non-primary account by going in
to the Accounts drop down menu. It is annoying and results into too many
unintended errors in the From Address of the email. e.g. Personal vs.
business email address.

A better solution I believe is to provide an Outlook Option that lets you
choose "From Address"; a choice of,

1. Context sensitive "From Address" based on the folder you are in or
2. Always use the Primary acct as the "From Address"

The Accounts drop down override should still be available, should one want
to change once the email is already in development.

Please note that in case of a reply or a Fwd to an incoming/Inbox email,
Outlook uses the contextual address of the receiver account as the From
Address in the reply.
 
Thanks Victor. You have nailed the problem right on and offerred a solution.

I really appreciate your info, however, I am not an IT or software expert
and have some concerns about compromising security. Perhaps you can help me
make a more informed decision:

1. First - It looks like I need both the Outlook Redemption and
RightAccount. (I do use MS word as editor in Outlook).
2. Second - do I need to worry about compromising security? E.g. the
Redemption patch makes your code run unaffected by the Security Patch
(http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/ ), does this mean there may be other
security risks that may be compromized? Or am I better off only using
RightAccount and not using word as editor in Outlook (so I do not need to
install Redemption)?

SB
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Thanks Roady for your solution.

I stand corrected in my mention of "Context sensitive to folder", I should
have said "Context sensitive to the account". Since I am not an IT/software
person, I am considering using the solution suggested by Victor - you may
want to see my earlier response to Victor. If you have any views on it,
please share.

Thanks,

SB
 
No need to worry about Redemption. It also suppresses the security prompts
for the corresponding add-in.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Thanks Victor. You have nailed the problem right on and offerred a
solution.

I really appreciate your info, however, I am not an IT or software expert
and have some concerns about compromising security. Perhaps you can help me
make a more informed decision:

1. First - It looks like I need both the Outlook Redemption and
RightAccount. (I do use MS word as editor in Outlook).
2. Second - do I need to worry about compromising security? E.g. the
Redemption patch makes your code run unaffected by the Security Patch
(http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/ ), does this mean there may be other
security risks that may be compromized? Or am I better off only using
RightAccount and not using word as editor in Outlook (so I do not need to
install Redemption)?

SB
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Redemption does not do any magic - it simply exposes the blocked
functionality using the documented and supported API (Extended MAPI).
Nothing prevents you from explicilty coding your solution using Extended
MAPI and C++ or Delphi to achieve the same effect.
See my reply to a similar question -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outlook-dev/message/20538

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
 
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