Can you change your email address in a sent message?

[Guest]

I have a "delivery only" email address that can receive emails. I would like
to change my normal email "from" line so that it looks like it comes from
that "delivery only" address so there is no confusion. I understand that I
can type in the REPLY TO email under tools so that if someone replies to an
email that I have sent it automatically comes up with the "delivery only"
address. But, in the original email I would have sent, it still says the
normal email account. I have tried to type the other address in the DISPLAY
name field, but then I get the "delivery only" email address followed by the
other email address in <brackets>.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

So, why not change the basic email address for the account to be
your delivery address?

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Because if it is a delivery only address, it cannot send.

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After furious head scratching, Gary VanderMolen asked:

| So, why not change the basic email address for the account to be
| your delivery address?
|
| Gary VanderMolen
|
|
|| I have a "delivery only" email address that can receive emails. I
|| would like to change my normal email "from" line so that it looks
|| like it comes from that "delivery only" address so there is no
|| confusion. I understand that I can type in the REPLY TO email under
|| tools so that if someone replies to an email that I have sent it
|| automatically comes up with the "delivery only" address. But, in the
|| original email I would have sent, it still says the normal email
|| account. I have tried to type the other address in the DISPLAY name
|| field, but then I get the "delivery only" email address followed by
|| the other email address in <brackets>.

 

[Guest]

I can see initially why Gary was confused; this took me a while to ask the
question correctly. Milly is correct though - this is a delivery only
account. It is a "life-long" email address so that those of us that move a
lot can keep an email address affiliated with an organization forever. All
you have to do is change to what ending address it is forwarded. The delivery
works well; I am just trying to remove all indications of the temporary
address. Yes, over the short term it does no matter. But after a few short
term moves, the address that is being sent from will keep changing and will
be disconnected when a move occurs.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Addresses don't send, mail servers do that. Unless you happen to be
using a very restrictive SMTP server, most don't care what the 'From'
address is.

Gary VanderMolen

Because if it is a delivery only address, it cannot send.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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After furious head scratching, Gary VanderMolen asked:

| So, why not change the basic email address for the account to be
| your delivery address?
|
| Gary VanderMolen
|
| || I have a "delivery only" email address that can receive emails. I
|| would like to change my normal email "from" line so that it looks
|| like it comes from that "delivery only" address so there is no
|| confusion. I understand that I can type in the REPLY TO email under
|| tools so that if someone replies to an email that I have sent it
|| automatically comes up with the "delivery only" address. But, in the
|| original email I would have sent, it still says the normal email
|| account. I have tried to type the other address in the DISPLAY name
|| field, but then I get the "delivery only" email address followed by
|| the other email address in <brackets>.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

See Dean's response above. I understand what you are saying but that is
not what Dean is talking about.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Gary VanderMolen wrote:

| Addresses don't send, mail servers do that. Unless you happen to be
| using a very restrictive SMTP server, most don't care what the 'From'
| address is.
|
| Gary VanderMolen
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| | Because if it is a delivery only address, it cannot send.
|
| --
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, Gary VanderMolen asked:
|
|| So, why not change the basic email address for the account to be
|| your delivery address?
||
|| Gary VanderMolen
||
|| ||| I have a "delivery only" email address that can receive emails. I
||| would like to change my normal email "from" line so that it looks
||| like it comes from that "delivery only" address so there is no
||| confusion. I understand that I can type in the REPLY TO email under
||| tools so that if someone replies to an email that I have sent it
||| automatically comes up with the "delivery only" address. But, in the
||| original email I would have sent, it still says the normal email
||| account. I have tried to type the other address in the DISPLAY name
||| field, but then I get the "delivery only" email address followed by
||| the other email address in <brackets>.