Mixing Business & Personal Accounts

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Robert D. Gordon

I'm using Outlook 2000 on a Win2K Pro PC. I use Outlook for both my
personal and business (exchange server via VPN) accounts. I have tried
previously to combine the two into a single profile and use rules to move my
personal account messages into my PST folders. That part works fine, what I
can't solve is the outbound problem of not being able to select which
"account/user/whatever nomenclature you prefer" I'm sending from when I
draft new messages or reply.

I know you can go into settings and change the delivery order from business
to personal, but let's face it, it isn't practical to expect anyone will
remember that for EVERY message they send. So, has anyone solved this
issue? If a newer version of Outlook addresses this, then I'd be willing to
upgrade. If a 3rd party vendor has developed a solution, I'd look at
purchasing that.

Whatever insight anyone has would be appreciated. I'm hoping I overlooked
something simple and this really isn't a big deal to solve. In the
meantime, I continue to use two profiles and switch back and forth. I'll
also note that I do not want to use Outlook Express for my personal email.

Thanks,
Rob Gordon
 
Outlook 2002 and 2003 allow you to have both an Exchange transport and
Internet transport in the same profile. You can select on the fly which
account you want to use to send mail by selecting Account from the message
window.

You will still have to remember to select the account as replies and
forwards will use the account on which it was received for these actions.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
Robert D. Gordon <[email protected]> asked:
| I'm using Outlook 2000 on a Win2K Pro PC. I use Outlook for both my
| personal and business (exchange server via VPN) accounts. I have
| tried previously to combine the two into a single profile and use
| rules to move my personal account messages into my PST folders. That
| part works fine, what I can't solve is the outbound problem of not
| being able to select which "account/user/whatever nomenclature you
| prefer" I'm sending from when I draft new messages or reply.
|
| I know you can go into settings and change the delivery order from
| business to personal, but let's face it, it isn't practical to expect
| anyone will remember that for EVERY message they send. So, has
| anyone solved this issue? If a newer version of Outlook addresses
| this, then I'd be willing to upgrade. If a 3rd party vendor has
| developed a solution, I'd look at purchasing that.
|
| Whatever insight anyone has would be appreciated. I'm hoping I
| overlooked something simple and this really isn't a big deal to
| solve. In the meantime, I continue to use two profiles and switch
| back and forth. I'll also note that I do not want to use Outlook
| Express for my personal email.
|
| Thanks,
| Rob Gordon
 
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