"From Field" changes to "To Field" in Outlook 2003

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Danny J. Lesandrini

This is really, really starting to irritate me.

I'm using Outlook 2003 on a business network with Exchange serving mail.
I've created a local PST file for saving my email messages and it's got two
folders: Received and Sent.

In the Received folder, I want the first column to be FROM and in the Sent
folder it should be TO (Because I know that the received emails are to ME
and the sent emails are from ME.)

I used the Field Chooser to set the columns the way I wanted, but every
once in a while, they switch back. It happens to both folders and as far as
I can tell, it's random, though I suppose I just haven't identified the trigger.

Has anyone else noticed this frustrating behavior? Is there a fix?
 
It's not crazy - it's the views. Please DO NOT suggest people install
Outlook 2007 - it's still very much a beta and can mess up their system.
Users connecting to Exchange need to speak with their admin if they want to
try Outlook 2007 at work.
 
Diane:

Thanks for the help. It's at best a workaround. I hope it is fixed in the
next version of Outlook.

Yes, it is a bug. I'm a programmer and very conscious of my environment.
The dang thing changes by itself in what appears to be a random fashion,
though it's probably not random. I've searched the newsgroups and found
only a few people asking the same question as me ... no answers or even
an attempt to answer. Not that I expect an answer from the newsgroup,
but I hope the Outlook team is aware of it, that's all.
 
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