Make message reply be from incoming address?

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claudel

Hi.

I have multiple email addresses and I need to make
Entourage automagically use the address of the incoming mail as
the address in any replies that I send. Currently when I
reply to a message it sets the main identity address in the reply
no matter which inbound address the message was addressed to
unless I remember to manually set it to the appropriate one.

Is there a simple way to do this?

TIA

Claude
 
M

Mickey Stevens

Go to Entourage > Preferences (or Entourage > Mail & News Preferences, or
Edit > Preferences > Mail & News, depending on your version), and, under
"Mail & News Preferences", click "Reply & Forward". Uncheck the option to
"Reply using the default account", and then replies to messages should be
automatically addressed from the account to which the original messages were
sent.
 
C

claudel

Go to Entourage > Preferences (or Entourage > Mail & News Preferences, or
Edit > Preferences > Mail & News, depending on your version), and, under
"Mail & News Preferences", click "Reply & Forward". Uncheck the option to
"Reply using the default account", and then replies to messages should be
automatically addressed from the account to which the original messages were
sent.
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Hi

Thanks for the quick reply.

That's already *un*checked...

That's why I'm mystified as to why my messages
are going out from the wrong addresses unless I
explicitly set the correct return address...

Claude
 
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Allen Watson

Thanks for the quick reply.

That's already *un*checked...

That's why I'm mystified as to why my messages
are going out from the wrong addresses unless I explicitly set the
correct return address...
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Question: are the incoming messages addressed to addresses that are
actually aliases of a real address? For instance I have an address,
[email protected], that automaticlaly forwards to my Earthlink
address and gets picked up when I pick up my Earthlink mail. When I
reply, it defaults to a return address (From) of my Earthlink account.

Paul Berkowitz wrote some AppleScripts that address this problem (pun
intended), but they have not been updated for OS X (apparently not a
high demand for them): Reply Rerouted Account. Paul could probably whip
up an OS X version for you in a few minutes; I think the only change
needed is to make a separate script for preferences, instead of using
the Akua osax to recognize a "command key" to trigger preference setup.

If Paul does not want to do it, I will; Paul should see this and let us know.

Claude
On 8/18/05 11:04 AM, in article [email protected], "claudel"
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Allen Watson
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C

claudel

Question: are the incoming messages addressed to addresses that are
actually aliases of a real address? For instance I have an address,
[email protected], that automaticlaly forwards to my Earthlink
address and gets picked up when I pick up my Earthlink mail. When I
reply, it defaults to a return address (From) of my Earthlink account.
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Yeah, that's pretty much what's going on with mine.
Paul Berkowitz wrote some AppleScripts that address this problem (pun
intended), but they have not been updated for OS X (apparently not a
high demand for them): Reply Rerouted Account. Paul could probably whip
up an OS X version for you in a few minutes; I think the only change
needed is to make a separate script for preferences, instead of using
the Akua osax to recognize a "command key" to trigger preference setup.

If Paul does not want to do it, I will; Paul should see this and let us know.
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That'd be great. If one of you doesn't get to it, I'll have a go but
I'm not sure exactly when I'll have the spare time.

I'd need to learn Applescript, though.

Thanks

Claude
 
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