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Roberto López
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      21st Feb 2005
Hello,
I am new using Outlook, but I need to design a personal form to send mail
messages with some fields filled when the user sends a new message.
It is possible to change the default Message form?
I am using Outlook 2003 with Exchange.
The field I need to fill is the "From" field.

Thanks.


 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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      21st Feb 2005
If you want to send as a different user, filling in the From field with a
custom form is not likely to be the best solution. Tell us more about what
you're trying to do and who the intended recipients are.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Roberto López" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
> I am new using Outlook, but I need to design a personal form to send mail
> messages with some fields filled when the user sends a new message.
> It is possible to change the default Message form?
> I am using Outlook 2003 with Exchange.
> The field I need to fill is the "From" field.
>
> Thanks.
>
>



 
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Roberto López
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      21st Feb 2005
Hello,
The situation is:
- I am using Exchange with POP connector, in the enterprise there are only
external email addresses by departament. To receive there is no problem
because I use the POP connector to receive messages and assign these into a
mailbox created for each departament with distribution groups. But the
problem
it is to send emails outside the office. I need to asign the "From" field to
the correct Distribution Group for each user, and send emails out with the
address of this
distribution group instead the address of the individual user. I can´t
create individual external email addresses for each user of the organization
(by political reasons).
I hope you understand my problem.
Thanks in advance


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el mensaje
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you want to send as a different user, filling in the From field with a
> custom form is not likely to be the best solution. Tell us more about what
> you're trying to do and who the intended recipients are.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Roberto López" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> > I am new using Outlook, but I need to design a personal form to send

mail
> > messages with some fields filled when the user sends a new message.
> > It is possible to change the default Message form?
> > I am using Outlook 2003 with Exchange.
> > The field I need to fill is the "From" field.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >

>
>



 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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      21st Feb 2005
Sending messages outside the office with a custom form is a bad idea, likely
to result in unwanted Winmail.dat attachments that the recipient can't open
and that encode any actual attachment you wanted to send.

Either show users how to set the From property manually or write a VBA macro
to set the SentOnBehalfOfName property for an outgoing message to the
desired name.

If you want to send with the From address corresponding to the address of
the mailbox, there are tools at http://www.ivasoft.biz that can help with
this.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Roberto López" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
> The situation is:
> - I am using Exchange with POP connector, in the enterprise there are only
> external email addresses by departament. To receive there is no problem
> because I use the POP connector to receive messages and assign these into
> a
> mailbox created for each departament with distribution groups. But the
> problem
> it is to send emails outside the office. I need to asign the "From" field
> to
> the correct Distribution Group for each user, and send emails out with the
> address of this
> distribution group instead the address of the individual user. I can´t
> create individual external email addresses for each user of the
> organization
> (by political reasons).
> I hope you understand my problem.
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el mensaje
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If you want to send as a different user, filling in the From field with a
>> custom form is not likely to be the best solution. Tell us more about
>> what
>> you're trying to do and who the intended recipients are.
>>
>> --
>> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>> Author of
>> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
>> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
>> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>>
>>
>> "Roberto López" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hello,
>> > I am new using Outlook, but I need to design a personal form to send

> mail
>> > messages with some fields filled when the user sends a new message.
>> > It is possible to change the default Message form?
>> > I am using Outlook 2003 with Exchange.
>> > The field I need to fill is the "From" field.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >

>>
>>

>
>



 
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Roberto López
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      21st Feb 2005
Thanks Sue
Here is a utility that does exactly what I need.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el mensaje
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sending messages outside the office with a custom form is a bad idea,

likely
> to result in unwanted Winmail.dat attachments that the recipient can't

open
> and that encode any actual attachment you wanted to send.
>
> Either show users how to set the From property manually or write a VBA

macro
> to set the SentOnBehalfOfName property for an outgoing message to the
> desired name.
>
> If you want to send with the From address corresponding to the address of
> the mailbox, there are tools at http://www.ivasoft.biz that can help with
> this.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Roberto López" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> > The situation is:
> > - I am using Exchange with POP connector, in the enterprise there are

only
> > external email addresses by departament. To receive there is no problem
> > because I use the POP connector to receive messages and assign these

into
> > a
> > mailbox created for each departament with distribution groups. But the
> > problem
> > it is to send emails outside the office. I need to asign the "From"

field
> > to
> > the correct Distribution Group for each user, and send emails out with

the
> > address of this
> > distribution group instead the address of the individual user. I can´t
> > create individual external email addresses for each user of the
> > organization
> > (by political reasons).
> > I hope you understand my problem.
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el

mensaje
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> If you want to send as a different user, filling in the From field with

a
> >> custom form is not likely to be the best solution. Tell us more about
> >> what
> >> you're trying to do and who the intended recipients are.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> >> Author of
> >> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> >> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> >> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >> "Roberto López" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Hello,
> >> > I am new using Outlook, but I need to design a personal form to send

> > mail
> >> > messages with some fields filled when the user sends a new message.
> >> > It is possible to change the default Message form?
> >> > I am using Outlook 2003 with Exchange.
> >> > The field I need to fill is the "From" field.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>

> >
> >

>
>



 
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