Barry Wainwright's answer to the From fiedl question

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monsterke

Mr Wainwright,

what a poor excuse to state that only when you have multiple accounts
the From field is necessary

In my company we only have a personal emal address for internal mail

for external mail we have groups like [email protected] and
[email protected]

(i;e. distribution lists)

if I want to send an external mail I have to be able to state in the
FROM field

[email protected] so that the recepient of my email (when clicking on
reply) gets [email protected] and not my personal internal address
specified in the account info and only valid for internal emails

I can perfectly specify that I have a send as permission on the
exchange server so why would I need to configure a second account !!

now THAT would be ridiculous !

AGAIN an example of Microsoft thinking FOR me and doing a VERY LOUSY
job at it
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

monsterke said:
if I want to send an external mail I have to be able to state in the
FROM field
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Create an account with the SMTP information and nothing for the POP
server then use it to send mail with whatever information you want in
the From field... You'll get a warning telling you the account is
missing the POP information, but simply dismiss the warning.
I use that all the time when I want to send e-mail from an alternate
SMTP server.


Corentin
 
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Guest

Let's see what [email protected] (Corentin Cras-Méneur) has up
their dress.
Create an account with the SMTP information and nothing for the POP
server then use it to send mail with whatever information you want in
the From field... You'll get a warning telling you the account is
missing the POP information, but simply dismiss the warning.
I use that all the time when I want to send e-mail from an alternate
SMTP server.
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What a pain-in-the-ass work-around that is.

Having to dismiss an error message every time one would do this, is nothing
short of preposterous, ludicrous and ridiculous.
 
M

monsterke

Let's see what [email protected] (Corentin Cras-Méneur) has up
their dress.


What a pain-in-the-ass work-around that is.

Having to dismiss an error message every time one would do this, is nothing
short of preposterous, ludicrous and ridiculous.
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I agee thi clearly is an example of Microsoft not taking care of
things and users having to find a ridiculous work around

BTW i do not wish to send through a different smtp server I use
exchange server so i cannot try this solution unless I make a sales
user account ... now sales is only a distribution list

in outlook 2003 it's easy just VIEW > FROM field and there I can fill
in anything I want provided I have the SEND AS permission on the
exchange server distribution list

how come this was omitted in Entourage ... that's a BASIC funtionality
no ?

certainly in a 2004 version this should have been implemented
 
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Daiya Mitchell

Create an account with the SMTP information and nothing for the POP
What a pain-in-the-ass work-around that is.

Having to dismiss an error message every time one would do this, is nothing
short of preposterous, ludicrous and ridiculous.
Click to expand...
You only get the error message once, when you set up the account(s), not
every time you use it. The account system does save you from having to
retype the From address each time you use it--of course, if you are
constantly sending from random addresses that you only use once, that won't
really help you.
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

What a pain-in-the-ass work-around that is.

Having to dismiss an error message every time one would do this, is nothing
short of preposterous, ludicrous and ridiculous.
Click to expand...

Nope, you only have a warning when you create the account.... not when
you select it to send e-mails,

Corentin
 
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Barry Wainwright

Mr Wainwright,

what a poor excuse to state that only when you have multiple accounts
the From field is necessary
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Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, but it isn't my fault - I didn't design
the system or have any input into how that feature was implemented.
So,please don't shout at me about it - I was simply trying to help you oout
with an explanation of how it worked.
In my company we only have a personal emal address for internal mail

for external mail we have groups like [email protected] and
[email protected]

(i;e. distribution lists)

if I want to send an external mail I have to be able to state in the
FROM field

[email protected] so that the recepient of my email (when clicking on
reply) gets [email protected] and not my personal internal address
specified in the account info and only valid for internal emails

I can perfectly specify that I have a send as permission on the
exchange server so why would I need to configure a second account !!
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Err.. Possibly because you ARE sending mail from a different account?

If the mail comes from a different 'from' address, it is effectively from a
different mail account.

You can set up separate accounts that only send mail (just leave the
receiving mail server information blank, and make sure they are not in the
'send and receive all' schedule).

Set up accounts for 'sales' and 'accounting', and you can chooses these
accounts in the 'from' header from a pop-up list each mail you send.
now THAT would be ridiculous !

AGAIN an example of Microsoft thinking FOR me and doing a VERY LOUSY
job at it
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OK, OK, I get your viewpoint. However, I would point out that this is the
wrong place to get personal. The newsgroup is for peer-to-peer support.
People come here to offer help and advise, if you just want to rant, try
alt.flame.ms-windows.
 
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