How is the 'FROM' field supposed to work in 2003?

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I've noticed in inconsistent behavior of how the FROM field works when
sending messages in Outlook 2003.

From my testing it seems like on some occasions it will look as if the
message has actually come from the name I enter into the field. I.e. 'John
Smith' however on other occasions it will say sent from 'Myself' on behalf
of 'John Smith'.


Can someone confirm how it is supposed to work in an IMAP environment?



Thank you.
 
I've noticed in inconsistent behavior of how the FROM field works when
sending messages in Outlook 2003.

From my testing it seems like on some occasions it will look as if the
message has actually come from the name I enter into the field. I.e. 'John
Smith' however on other occasions it will say sent from 'Myself' on behalf
of 'John Smith'.
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You'll get the "on behalf-of" form if there is a "Sender:" Internet header
on the message that differs from the "From:" header. The sender (and
normally the from) is set based on the account through which you send the
message. The only way I can think of that you'd see your behavior is if
you explicitly set the From field in the message.
 
You'll get the "on behalf-of" form if there is a "Sender:" Internet header
on the message that differs from the "From:" header. The sender (and
normally the from) is set based on the account through which you send the
message. The only way I can think of that you'd see your behavior is if
you explicitly set the From field in the message.
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Is it possible to turn off the "on behalf-of" feature? So just the name in
the from field is displayed?

Basically in our situation were trying to have different from names for the
same address depending on the recipient. For example I might want to send
some emails with my 'first and last name' and others 'first, last and
company' although both from the same physical address.
 
Is it possible to turn off the "on behalf-of" feature? So just the name in
the from field is displayed?

Basically in our situation were trying to have different from names for the
same address depending on the recipient. For example I might want to send
some emails with my 'first and last name' and others 'first, last and
company' although both from the same physical address.
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Are they the same email address? I *think* (but am not sure) that the
display name wouldn't matter and that only the email address would be
checked. But if changing only the display name results in this, then no,
it can't be changed.
 
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