I produce a monthly report that needs to go to a select group. I have already
used Access to create the file and have produced the mail merge document.
It needs to come from a generic mailbox and not my personal one.
Is there a way to change the FROM field, even for the duration of the run?
I could run it through Access VBA, but I would like it to be a simpler
process.
Thanks.

You'll need to set the account as the default account (or make a new
profile).

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"Ron in Walnut Creek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I produce a monthly report that needs to go to a select group. I have
> already
> used Access to create the file and have produced the mail merge document.
> It needs to come from a generic mailbox and not my personal one.
> Is there a way to change the FROM field, even for the duration of the run?
> I could run it through Access VBA, but I would like it to be a simpler
> process.
> Thanks.

Thanks Diane.

I am not an administrator. Is it still possible for me to change the default
account temporarily for this purpose?

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> You'll need to set the account as the default account (or make a new
> profile).
>
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> "Ron in Walnut Creek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news23346B0-BB19-4B21-8CD0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I produce a monthly report that needs to go to a select group. I have
> > already
> > used Access to create the file and have produced the mail merge document.
> > It needs to come from a generic mailbox and not my personal one.
> > Is there a way to change the FROM field, even for the duration of the run?
> > I could run it through Access VBA, but I would like it to be a simpler
> > process.
> > Thanks.
>
> .
>

If you have enough permissions. Do you have full access to the mailbox and
know the password? If so, make a profile for it. If it doesn't have a
mailbox, you'll need to make a POP or IMAP account (use 'fake' as the
incoming server name) in the profile and use a SMTP server you have access
to.

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"Ron in Walnut Creek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Thanks Diane.
>
> I am not an administrator. Is it still possible for me to change the
> default
> account temporarily for this purpose?
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You'll need to set the account as the default account (or make a new
>> profile).
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>> "Ron in Walnut Creek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> in
>> message news23346B0-BB19-4B21-8CD0-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I produce a monthly report that needs to go to a select group. I have
>> > already
>> > used Access to create the file and have produced the mail merge
>> > document.
>> > It needs to come from a generic mailbox and not my personal one.
>> > Is there a way to change the FROM field, even for the duration of the
>> > run?
>> > I could run it through Access VBA, but I would like it to be a simpler
>> > process.
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> .
>>