Can you send e-mails from two different accounts?

[Hubby]

Hi!

I have two e-mail accounts accessible from my Outlook 2002 - one on
the company Microsoft Exchange Server and another on an IMAP server,
provided my ISP.
While I have no problem receiving and reading my personal mails
through IMAP, I can't seem to send e-mails from my personal SMTP
server (which service is allowed by my ISP.)
When I send e-mails from Outlook, the mails are always sent from the
MS Exchange Server, not the SMTP server, thus making it impossible for
me to send personal e-mails from Outlook.
For this reason, I have to run Outlook Express when I have to send
personal e-mails.

Is it possible to have two completely separate tiers of e-mail
accounts (IMAP/SMTP vs. MS Exchange Server) workable through Outlook?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Yes, you can select the account to send from by pressing the Accounts button
next to the Send button.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

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[Hubby]

Thanks Rober.
I was able to locate the "Accounts" button. I have two follow-up
questions.

1. Regardless of the account through which I send e-mails, all sent
copies are archived in the "sent" folder of the MS Exchange Server.
Unlike Outlook Express, the Tools - E-mail Accounts command of Outlook
does not show in which folder the sent mails should be stored, and,
thus, are stored automatically in the sent folder of the main account,
I think.

2. As a get-around to this problem, I set up a rules wizard which
would move all mails sent through my personal account to be moved to
the "sent" folder of my personal account. However, I could not set up
a rules wizard which would "move" as oppposed to "move a copy" of sent
mails through a certain account. The rules wizard seems to permit only
a limited combinations of rules - i.e., you can activate "move" when
you write a rule based on ready-made templates but it cannot be
activated when you write a rule from blank. Is there a way to get
around this limitation?

3. When e-mails are sent through my personal acocunt from Outlook, it
still looks like my company server is being utilized instead of the
SMTP server it is supposed to use. I'm troubled by this because this
would leave trail on my company server, when I have access to the SMTP
server of my internet service provider. Is this problem solvable in
Outlook?


Regards,

Yes, you can select the account to send from by pressing the Accounts button
next to the Send button.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

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-----

Hi!

I have two e-mail accounts accessible from my Outlook 2002 - one on
the company Microsoft Exchange Server and another on an IMAP server,
provided my ISP.
While I have no problem receiving and reading my personal mails
through IMAP, I can't seem to send e-mails from my personal SMTP
server (which service is allowed by my ISP.)
When I send e-mails from Outlook, the mails are always sent from the
MS Exchange Server, not the SMTP server, thus making it impossible for
me to send personal e-mails from Outlook.
For this reason, I have to run Outlook Express when I have to send
personal e-mails.

Is it possible to have two completely separate tiers of e-mail
accounts (IMAP/SMTP vs. MS Exchange Server) workable through Outlook?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

1) Corect, this is because your Exchange server is marked as the default
delivery location. All mails being send go to this folder; you cannot change
this

2) Rules is the solution but it only moves a copy. I'm not sure what your
issue is but when creating a rule from scratch make sure you first tick the
condition and then set it's options in the box below.

3) Since you are on a corporate network all internet traffic goes to your
company proxy server/gateway and thus all traffic can be logged. Simply
contact your administrator to ask whether it's OK to use your IMAP conection
or work out a solution together.

Good Luck!

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Navigation Pane Tips & Tricks
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Thanks Rober.
I was able to locate the "Accounts" button. I have two follow-up
questions.

1. Regardless of the account through which I send e-mails, all sent
copies are archived in the "sent" folder of the MS Exchange Server.
Unlike Outlook Express, the Tools - E-mail Accounts command of Outlook
does not show in which folder the sent mails should be stored, and,
thus, are stored automatically in the sent folder of the main account,
I think.

2. As a get-around to this problem, I set up a rules wizard which
would move all mails sent through my personal account to be moved to
the "sent" folder of my personal account. However, I could not set up
a rules wizard which would "move" as oppposed to "move a copy" of sent
mails through a certain account. The rules wizard seems to permit only
a limited combinations of rules - i.e., you can activate "move" when
you write a rule based on ready-made templates but it cannot be
activated when you write a rule from blank. Is there a way to get
around this limitation?

3. When e-mails are sent through my personal acocunt from Outlook, it
still looks like my company server is being utilized instead of the
SMTP server it is supposed to use. I'm troubled by this because this
would leave trail on my company server, when I have access to the SMTP
server of my internet service provider. Is this problem solvable in
Outlook?


Regards,

Yes, you can select the account to send from by pressing the Accounts
button
next to the Send button.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Navigation Pane Tips & Tricks
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Hi!

I have two e-mail accounts accessible from my Outlook 2002 - one on
the company Microsoft Exchange Server and another on an IMAP server,
provided my ISP.
While I have no problem receiving and reading my personal mails
through IMAP, I can't seem to send e-mails from my personal SMTP
server (which service is allowed by my ISP.)
When I send e-mails from Outlook, the mails are always sent from the
MS Exchange Server, not the SMTP server, thus making it impossible for
me to send personal e-mails from Outlook.
For this reason, I have to run Outlook Express when I have to send
personal e-mails.

Is it possible to have two completely separate tiers of e-mail
accounts (IMAP/SMTP vs. MS Exchange Server) workable through Outlook?