Changing "From" field in Outlook Mail Merge

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taubepat@wellsfargo.com - 19 Sep 2007 22:52 GMT

Hi - I saw that this question was posted by someone several years
ago,
but didn't see any answer. I have done several mail merges in
Outlook
and have become comfortable with it. However, I want to be able to
have these emails go from a shared email folder that I have access to
send emails from. No matter what I do, when I complete a mail merge,
the emails always are sent from my main email address. Does anyone
know how I can change the "From" field in the email to my other email
folder? At the end of the merge, it asks for the "To" and "Subject"
info, but there is nowhere to change the "From". It's driving me
crazy and I can't imagine it's not impossible to do??????? Help??!!

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F. H. Muffman - 19 Sep 2007 23:28 GMT

> Hi - I saw that this question was posted by someone several years ago,
> but didn't see any answer. I have done several mail merges in Outlook
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> info, but there is nowhere to change the "From". It's driving me
> crazy and I can't imagine it's not impossible to do??????? Help??!!

If it really is a seperate mailbox, configure a profile to log directly into
that mailbox and then sign into that profile in Outlook and do the merge.

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Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] - 20 Sep 2007 06:46 GMT

Another option (one I use) -- on Outlook's File Menu, click Work Offline.
Then do the merge. The messages will go to the Outbox but won't be sent.
You can change the sending account from there. It's not a good solution if
you have a ton of messages going out, though...and you may have to move the
messages to Drafts and then send them again once you open them in the Outbox
(see http://www.slipstick.com/problems/outbox.htm to determine if this might
apply to you).

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> Hi - I saw that this question was posted by someone several years
> ago,
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> info, but there is nowhere to change the "From". It's driving me
> crazy and I can't imagine it's not impossible to do??????? Help??!!

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