I have multiple accounts set up in Outlook, and we used to be able to write
emails without having to change the accounts manually when using the
'non-default' account. I find it inconvinient that each time, when using the
'non-default' account, i have to remember to manually change the account
first, to avoid the embarrasement of using my other family member's account
to write a personal message. Can you bring back the automatic account change
so that each time when we open each account, we are naturally prompt to the
corresponding email account when we write a message, yet still have the
option to choose the other account?

Thanks

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I don't recall that Outlook ever offered that option except on replies where
it uses the receiving account for replies automatically.

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After furious head scratching, Rita asked:

| I have multiple accounts set up in Outlook, and we used to be able to
| write emails without having to change the accounts manually when
| using the 'non-default' account. I find it inconvinient that each
| time, when using the 'non-default' account, i have to remember to
| manually change the account first, to avoid the embarrasement of
| using my other family member's account to write a personal message.
| Can you bring back the automatic account change so that each time
| when we open each account, we are naturally prompt to the
| corresponding email account when we write a message, yet still have
| the option to choose the other account?
|
| Thanks
|
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Rita wrote:
I have multiple accounts set up in Outlook, and we used to be able to
write emails without having to change the accounts manually when
using the 'non-default' account. I find it inconvinient that each
time, when using the 'non-default' account, i have to remember to
manually change the account first, to avoid the embarrasement of
using my other family member's account to write a personal message.
Can you bring back the automatic account change so that each time
when we open each account, we are naturally prompt to the
corresponding email account when we write a message, yet still have
the option to choose the other account?

Thanks


If your email accounts are NOT aliases of the one master, then just set up a
separate Outlook profile for each account - or better still, if you are
running Windows XP or W2K set up separate log-ins for each family member.
If your email accounts are aliases (ie in the form
) then you can either move to an ISP that gives you
real separate email accounts, or put up with what you have now.

HTH


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thanks for the reply. can you tell me how you can set up different profiles
for different accounts with outlook? evertime when i try to set up a new
account (btw,all accounts are hotmail accounts), they automatically appear in
the same outlook.

rita

"Gordon" wrote:

Rita wrote:
I have multiple accounts set up in Outlook, and we used to be able to
write emails without having to change the accounts manually when
using the 'non-default' account. I find it inconvinient that each
time, when using the 'non-default' account, i have to remember to
manually change the account first, to avoid the embarrasement of
using my other family member's account to write a personal message.
Can you bring back the automatic account change so that each time
when we open each account, we are naturally prompt to the
corresponding email account when we write a message, yet still have
the option to choose the other account?

Thanks


If your email accounts are NOT aliases of the one master, then just set up a
separate Outlook profile for each account - or better still, if you are
running Windows XP or W2K set up separate log-ins for each family member.
If your email accounts are aliases (ie in the form
) then you can either move to an ISP that gives you
real separate email accounts, or put up with what you have now.

HTH


--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:47:28 -0800, Rita wrote:

thanks for the reply. can you tell me how you can set up different profiles
for different accounts with outlook? evertime when i try to set up a new
account (btw,all accounts are hotmail accounts), they automatically appear in
the same outlook.


Hotmail accounts, as they are "http" accounts and not POP accounts, may
not work with profiles.
To set up a new profile, go to Control Panel-Mail and add a new profile.
You will need to check the box "Ask which profile to use" (or words to
that effect - I'm not on Windows at the moment so can't check).
But your BEST option would be to set up separate Windows Log-ins for each
member, if you are using Windows W2K or XP. That will CERTAINLY work.

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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

thanks i will see if it works.
rita

"Gordon" wrote:

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:47:28 -0800, Rita wrote:

thanks for the reply. can you tell me how you can set up different profiles
for different accounts with outlook? evertime when i try to set up a new
account (btw,all accounts are hotmail accounts), they automatically appear in
the same outlook.


Hotmail accounts, as they are "http" accounts and not POP accounts, may
not work with profiles.
To set up a new profile, go to Control Panel-Mail and add a new profile.
You will need to check the box "Ask which profile to use" (or words to
that effect - I'm not on Windows at the moment so can't check).
But your BEST option would be to set up separate Windows Log-ins for each
member, if you are using Windows W2K or XP. That will CERTAINLY work.

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:38:40 -0800, Rita wrote:

thanks i will see if it works.
rita


YW!

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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk