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Amon Borland

For some reason, when people reply to anything I FORWARDED, the original
sender of the email (the person that sent it to me) is getting the reply.

Why?

Thanks.
 
Hi Amon,

When you forward an email it retains all of its original characteristics
INCLUDING the originators email address. Accordingly, if the person you
sent the mail to then simply clicks the "Reply" button in Outlook then their
message will go to the originator and NOT back to you. If they want to
reply to you they will need to insert your email address. In effect,
Outlook is working the way it was intended to.

Regards,

Stan
 
Goodmorning Stan, thanks for your reply.

I'm not sure I follow. When I forward a message to someone, the message
comes from me. It will not say in the intended recipients inbox that the
message came from the originator of the message, it will be my name and
address. Therefore when the user clicks reply, my email should
automatically appear in the to box. I know the original information is
indented in the email, but thats it.

Thanks
 
Hi Amon,

When a forwarded email is received there are two ways to reply:-

1. Right click on the email of the sender (shown underlined and in blue
in the original email) - this will go to the originator
2. Press the reply button in Outlook - this will go to the person who
Forwarded the email.

I suspect that people you refer to have adopted the first method.

Regards,

Stan
 
When I receive forwarded mail, it can come in two forms: a block of
text appearing in the contents window, displaying the entire thread
from originator to forwarder (this is often raw text, and includes
header information); or, sometimes, an icon in the initial message
which, when launched, brings up the original message as it looked to
the forwarder before s/he passed it on..

I wonder if people are receiving an embedded message and replying to
that - if so, the reply could well go directly to the originator and
not to you at all.

Worst case scenario - if in doubt, maybe have the users reply to the
message by just highlighting the message in their Outlook window,
rather than opening the message and hitting the Reply button from
inside it...

Another (extremely remote) possibility is that you've been granted Send
As permission to the mailbox of the message's originator. If you
forward a message in this fashion, and have the originator's name in
the "From:" field of the message, the person you forwarded it to would
receive it as if it came from the originator. Any replies would go
directly back to them. As I say, this is extremely unlikely, but it's
possible.

Cheers,

DW
 
Stan Kay said:
When you forward an email it retains all of its original
characteristics INCLUDING the originators email address. Accordingly, if
the person you sent the mail to then simply clicks
the "Reply" button in Outlook then their message will go to the
originator and NOT back to you.
Click to expand...

I disagree completely. Forwards have as sender the address of the
forwarder. What you describe are characteristics of redirected, not
forwarded messages.
If they want to reply to you they
will need to insert your email address. In effect, Outlook is
working the way it was intended to.
Click to expand...

I think you're wrong.
 
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