Yes, I've heard from a few people who report having this problem.
To monitor this issue, I suggest you right-click on a column header,
select Columns, then add the Account column. When the problem
happens, take note as to whether the proper Account is listed for
that message. It is possible that something (your antivirus?) is
corrupting the account field, in which case WM would use the
default account for replies.
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Gary VanderMolen (MS-MVP WLM)
I would just like to point out that he is not the only one with this issue.
I use 5 email accounts for the family and any reply defaults to the main
account address not the one the email was sent to. But oddly sometimes it
does send from the account it came into but not often. I cannot find the
reason and it is annoying. Don't want to change from Windowns Mail either.
Barry
:
OK, good luck.
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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
Thanks for trying Gary, I appreciate it....maybe someone can solve the
mystery in the future.
:
I can't answer your question because for everyone else I have ever
talked to about this, it works properly in Windows Mail.
I agree that some people dislike the look and feel of Windows
Live Mail. It takes getting used to.
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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
I tried it Gary, and didn't care for it much. The reply issue worked ok
with it Windows Live, but I really did not like the setup of the whole
program. It feels very clumbsy. I also did not like the whole separate
folder for each address either, I only need to make sure my email are replied
back with the same address I wrote the original one with. My setup works
fine with outlook and Live, why not Windows Mail?
Thanks
:
You might be happier with Windows Live Mail.
It sets up separate folders for each account. No message rules needed.
When working with a given account folder, any reply or new email you
start will automatically take that account as the From identity.
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
Choosing from the drop down is no problem. I shouldn't have to is the
issues, I would pretty much have to do this for every email I reply to. I
don't believe its my settings, as I have removed all my email addresses and
manually entered them (exactly as they were in outlook express). It's
extremely frustrating and I certianly don't want to accidently send an
important work related email to friend or the other way around. I am so far
not impressed with Windows Mail at the least. Hoping that somone knows why
it's behaving this way...thanks for your commments.
:
This is not really a Microsoft issue.
I have never seen Windows Mail behave the way you have described,
so there must be something unique about your setup.
As a workaround, aren't you able to change the 'From' address by
clicking on it and selecting one of the other 'From' addresses?
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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
Frank is there another support method available from Microsoft that I can
call? Thanks
:
I have no idea why it is not working properly. Sorry.
Thank You for your response! The Email Addresses are not Aliases, in some
cases do not even reside on the same server, yet Windows Mail will only
use
the default Email for a reply. Please tell me how I can change this
behaviour.
:
I'm new to Windows Mail (have always used outlook express). When I
choose
reply to an Email, Windows Mail chooses the default Email Address,
rather
then choosing the Email Address that was used to send the original
Email.
For Example I have three email addresses A, B and C. With A being set
as
default. I send an email to a friend using Email Address C, I receive
a
response to my email, I click reply, but instead of selecting the
original
email address C (which was used to send the email), Windows Media
chooses
A
(the default). This was not the case with outlook express and is
quite a
pain in the butt as I use 7 different email address for personal and
business....HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Windows Mail replies using the account that downloaded the mail. If the
accounts are aliases for the same mailbox on the server this will be the
first account that downloaded messages from the server.
