replying by other personalities...

Lnguyen · 18 Aug 2002, 10:10 AM

ok, so the title might be a bit confusing, but here's the situation:

i have fastmail check my pop email i get from school. I have a personality for that email. always have. if i reply to email that i receive from my school, the "from" header is the address from my school.

however, i've noticed after the interface change, if i reply to the messages from my school, the "from" header is the default one, my domain.

Any ideas? Any new setting i've overlooked in the new interface?

Linh

Jeremy Howard · 18 Aug 2002, 12:03 PM

I can't think of anything--it's certainly working OK for me when doing this. Have you checked that the To address in your POP mail matches the From address in that personality exactly?

Lnguyen · 20 Aug 2002, 01:09 AM

hrm. didn't change anything. I'll give it a delete thru everything and try again and see what happens.

graffxguy · 20 Aug 2002, 10:50 AM

do the personalities work in email programs like Mail or Entourage or Outlook? it works fine for me in web mode, but i want to know if it'll work with the membership's SMTP and stuff.

thanks!!

ady · 20 Aug 2002, 11:18 AM

Email clients have their own method to have more than one from address. Usually by creating 'dummy' account for each from address.

Unfortunately most email client will take the default from address based on which account the message was retrieved from. not the destination address. You will have to manually change the from address whenever you reply to a message sent to other address than your retrieval account.

ady

edit: They cannot tell which address is the destination when the sender use the bcc.

18 Aug 2002, 10:10 AM	#1
Lnguyen Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 217	replying by other personalities... ok, so the title might be a bit confusing, but here's the situation: i have fastmail check my pop email i get from school. I have a personality for that email. always have. if i reply to email that i receive from my school, the "from" header is the address from my school. however, i've noticed after the interface change, if i reply to the messages from my school, the "from" header is the default one, my domain. Any ideas? Any new setting i've overlooked in the new interface? Linh

20 Aug 2002, 10:50 AM	#4
graffxguy Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1	personalities in email programs do the personalities work in email programs like Mail or Entourage or Outlook? it works fine for me in web mode, but i want to know if it'll work with the membership's SMTP and stuff. thanks!!

20 Aug 2002, 11:18 AM	#5
ady Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 482	Email clients have their own method to have more than one from address. Usually by creating 'dummy' account for each from address. Unfortunately most email client will take the default from address based on which account the message was retrieved from. not the destination address. You will have to manually change the from address whenever you reply to a message sent to other address than your retrieval account. ady edit: They cannot tell which address is the destination when the sender use the bcc. Last edited by ady : 20 Aug 2002 at 11:22 AM.

18 Aug 2002, 12:03 PM	#2
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	I can't think of anything--it's certainly working OK for me when doing this. Have you checked that the To address in your POP mail matches the From address in that personality exactly?

20 Aug 2002, 01:09 AM	#3
Lnguyen Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 217	hrm. didn't change anything. I'll give it a delete thru everything and try again and see what happens.