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.a...essageid=18235

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"SB" wrote in message
...
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.

Have a look at
http://www.ivasoft.biz/rightaccount.shtml

Regards,

Victor Ivanidze
software developer

"SB" wrote in message
...
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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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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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
--------------------------------------
"Victor Ivanidze" wrote:

Have a look at
http://www.ivasoft.biz/rightaccount.shtml

Regards,

Victor Ivanidze
software developer

"SB" wrote in message
...
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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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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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
---------------------

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

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.a...essageid=18235

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
"SB" wrote in message
...
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.

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
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
"SB" wrote in message
...
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
--------------------------------------
"Victor Ivanidze" wrote:

Have a look at
http://www.ivasoft.biz/rightaccount.shtml

Regards,

Victor Ivanidze
software developer

"SB" wrote in message
...
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.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...installat ion

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

"SB" wrote in message
...
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
--------------------------------------
"Victor Ivanidze" wrote:

Have a look at
http://www.ivasoft.biz/rightaccount.shtml

Regards,

Victor Ivanidze
software developer

"SB" wrote in message
...
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.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...installat ion

Victor,
Do you know if this works for POP accounts or just IMAP? Thanks

chris

Victor Ivanidze wrote:
Have a look at
http://www.ivasoft.biz/rightaccount.shtml

Regards,

Victor Ivanidze
software developer

"SB" wrote in message
...
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.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...installat ion