I have multiple accounts set up in OE6 (but only one identity).

I create an email message from an account other than the default one, and
then save it to an .eml file rather than sending it. If I look at the .eml
file in Notepad, it shows the correct account on the From: line. But if I
open the .eml file in OE, it always resets the 'From' account back to my
default acount.

Is there any way to prevent this and make OE use the 'From:' line from the
..eml file to select the correct account?

(PS: In practice I intend to create the .eml files programatically rather
than saving them from OE, so don't bother telling me to use the Drafts
folder rather than saving as .eml files. The scenario above is just the
simplest example illustrating the problem.)

--
Tim Rude


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I don't think that there is anything you can do about that.

When you compose a message, OE needs to know which OE account to use for
sending so that it can select the correct SMTP mail server and settings.
For replies and forwards, it defaults to the same account that
downloaded the message. But if you save a received message to an EML
file and then reply from that, it will use the default mail account
since it has lost the downloading account information. You can see this
if you then drag the EML file back to the Inbox and enable the Account
field in the column headers. The account will be blank for the restored
message. The account information was stored in the DBX file.

The same thing is happening with your EML file. OE doesn't look at the
headers to determine the account. It couldn't count on that pointing
uniquely to an account. There's nothing to stop a user from creating
multiple accounts that generate the FROM headers.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Tim Rude" wrote in message
...
I have multiple accounts set up in OE6 (but only one identity).

I create an email message from an account other than the default one,
and
then save it to an .eml file rather than sending it. If I look at the
.eml
file in Notepad, it shows the correct account on the From: line. But
if I
open the .eml file in OE, it always resets the 'From' account back to
my
default acount.

Is there any way to prevent this and make OE use the 'From:' line from
the
.eml file to select the correct account?

(PS: In practice I intend to create the .eml files programatically
rather
than saving them from OE, so don't bother telling me to use the Drafts
folder rather than saving as .eml files. The scenario above is just
the
simplest example illustrating the problem.)

--
Tim Rude


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Yeah, that's kind of the conclusion I was reaching.

It's unfortunate. It would be nice if OE would look at the From: info in the
header and see if it had a matching account to pair it with. Oh well, I
guess you get what you paid for...

--
Tim Rude


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"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
I don't think that there is anything you can do about that.

When you compose a message, OE needs to know which OE account to use for
sending so that it can select the correct SMTP mail server and settings.
For replies and forwards, it defaults to the same account that
downloaded the message. But if you save a received message to an EML
file and then reply from that, it will use the default mail account
since it has lost the downloading account information. You can see this
if you then drag the EML file back to the Inbox and enable the Account
field in the column headers. The account will be blank for the restored
message. The account information was stored in the DBX file.

The same thing is happening with your EML file. OE doesn't look at the
headers to determine the account. It couldn't count on that pointing
uniquely to an account. There's nothing to stop a user from creating
multiple accounts that generate the FROM headers.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Tim Rude" wrote in message
...
I have multiple accounts set up in OE6 (but only one identity).

I create an email message from an account other than the default one,
and
then save it to an .eml file rather than sending it. If I look at the
.eml
file in Notepad, it shows the correct account on the From: line. But
if I
open the .eml file in OE, it always resets the 'From' account back to
my
default acount.

Is there any way to prevent this and make OE use the 'From:' line from
the
.eml file to select the correct account?

(PS: In practice I intend to create the .eml files programatically
rather
than saving them from OE, so don't bother telling me to use the Drafts
folder rather than saving as .eml files. The scenario above is just
the
simplest example illustrating the problem.)

--
Tim Rude


(remove NOSPAM. for correct email address)

"Tim Rude" ...
I have multiple accounts set up in OE6 (but only one identity).

I create an email message from an account other than the default one, and
then save it to an .eml file rather than sending it. If I look at the .eml
file in Notepad, it shows the correct account on the From: line. But if I
open the .eml file in OE, it always resets the 'From' account back to my
default acount.

Is there any way to prevent this and make OE use the 'From:' line from the
.eml file to select the correct account?

(PS: In practice I intend to create the .eml files programatically rather
than saving them from OE, so don't bother telling me to use the Drafts
folder rather than saving as .eml files. The scenario above is just the
simplest example illustrating the problem.)

--
Tim Rude


(remove NOSPAM. for correct email address)

"Tim Rude" ...
I have multiple accounts set up in OE6 (but only one identity).

I create an email message from an account other than the default one, and
then save it to an .eml file rather than sending it. If I look at the .eml
file in Notepad, it shows the correct account on the From: line. But if I
open the .eml file in OE, it always resets the 'From' account back to my
default acount.

Is there any way to prevent this and make OE use the 'From:' line from the
.eml file to select the correct account?

(PS: In practice I intend to create the .eml files programatically rather
than saving them from OE, so don't bother telling me to use the Drafts
folder rather than saving as .eml files. The scenario above is just the
simplest example illustrating the problem.)

--
Tim Rude


(remove NOSPAM. for correct email address)