How to Switch "From" Email Address in Outlook WITHOUT Opening a New Message Window

Anonymous
2024-05-14T20:31:44+00:00

Hi,

In old Outlook, I was easily able to change the "from" email address by selecting any email account that was set up in my Outlook. I could simply switch the "from" email and send the email I was working on. Everything worked as it should.

Now, when I change the "from" email, Outlook automatically opens a new message window instead of just changing the address in the email I'm trying to send. It's so incredibly frustrating.

PLEASE HELP!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-05T07:43:38+00:00

    Agreed. This is something that really needs to be fixed.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-28T19:31:26+00:00

    In the "New" Outlook, when I choose the sort column on the right hand it defaults to "By Date". When I choose that option, I see the newest first but when I choose to change it to "By from" it sorts in "Alphabetical" order and I have to scroll down and down until I find the one I am looking for. This is making me want to find some new email service.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-15T18:36:22+00:00

    It's very annoying that six months later this has not been fixed. I only started to look at new outlook as I was getting some very odd effects on old outlook, which was starting to change the from address (when I press the send button) to some internal Exchange address, which then fails.

    I am using a mix of accounts connected to Exchange, Office 365, Gmail, and IMAP.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T08:49:35+00:00

    Update: I've now switched to eM solely due to this!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-10T08:02:49+00:00

    Having exactly the same issue!!

    If an email comes into our support inbox but i need to reply to them from a different function, the whole thread is lost and it opens up a new window! Please tell me the point in this as i could just click "New Email". You're hardly doing me a favour by creating a completely blank email!!!

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