Accidently grabbed a co-worker's e-mail account and didn't mean to

[Secretary of IT]

I was experimenting in Outlook, since I'm computer savvy, but not e-mail
savvy, and I was just trying to see what it would be to add a co-worker's
e-mail (since i knew the p/w) I sometimes am asked to send e-mails on behalf
of other people,and would like it to show as being from them. I do not
however, want to receive e-mails intended for them, and that is exactly what
happened! So I now have 16 unread messages in MY inbox (my account and
e-mail) that are all addressed to my co-worker. I haven't read them, and
really don't want to, and I want to make sure she still has them in her
e-mail box. How can I fix this?
Basically, I want them to go from my inbox back to her inbox. I am afraid
of deleting them in case she needs them...

 

[John Splendid]

I was experimenting in Outlook, since I'm computer savvy, but not e-mail
savvy, and I was just trying to see what it would be to add a co-worker's
e-mail (since i knew the p/w) I sometimes am asked to send e-mails on behalf
of other people,and would like it to show as being from them. I do not
however, want to receive e-mails intended for them, and that is exactly what
happened! So I now have 16 unread messages in MY inbox (my account and
e-mail) that are all addressed to my co-worker. I haven't read them, and
really don't want to, and I want to make sure she still has them in her
e-mail box. How can I fix this?
Basically, I want them to go from my inbox back to her inbox. I am afraid
of deleting them in case she needs them...

 

[John Splendid]

Go back into Internet Email settings, More settings, Advanced and tick the
Box to leave a copy on the server. you should then be able to delete any you
receive without interfering with your colleagues receipt

 

[VanguardLH]

I was experimenting in Outlook, since I'm computer savvy, but not e-mail
savvy, and I was just trying to see what it would be to add a co-worker's
e-mail (since i knew the p/w) I sometimes am asked to send e-mails on behalf
of other people,and would like it to show as being from them. I do not
however, want to receive e-mails intended for them, and that is exactly what
happened! So I now have 16 unread messages in MY inbox (my account and
e-mail) that are all addressed to my co-worker. I haven't read them, and
really don't want to, and I want to make sure she still has them in her
e-mail box. How can I fix this?
Basically, I want them to go from my inbox back to her inbox. I am afraid
of deleting them in case she needs them...

IMAP? If so, mark them as unread. I don't use IMAP but that might mark
them as unread up on the mail host. If not, use the webmail interface
to the account and mark them as unread up there.

POP? You're screwed because the default configuration for POP has it
delete e-mails once they are retrieved from the server. The best you
can do is e-mail them back to the user's mailbox. Best would be to
forward them as an attachment. Then the user will see messages that
have been forwarded but be able to get at the full ORIGINAL copy of the
e-mail. Forwarding inline ALWAYS edits the original message because the
original headers get stripped out. Forwarding as attachment includes
the entire original message, including the headers.

HTTP (WebDAV or DeltaSync to Hotmail)? Use the webmail interface to the
Hotmail account to mark the items as unread.