How to configure outlook to avoid sending emails from the wrong account

[Diane Poremsky]

That's normal in outlook 2007 and older - outlook 2010 will do as you wish.

 

[robertin75]

It's not that I'm questioning your knowledge but are you sure?

Seems hard to believe that draft folders and outbox will use the exchange server space everytime I am using the POP3 account.

Using another company's resources is not a very professional thing to do as this is what I am doing right now and what all the employees from my company would do if I add their exchange account to the POP3 one.

Thanks and again do not take this questioning in a wrong way

 

[Diane Poremsky]

Yes, Outlook 2007 has one set of default folders - the mailbox or data file that is set as default. If you use send immediately, the outgoing messages are just in the outbox for a few seconds. If its a problem for drafts, it probably means you shouldn't have both accounts in one profile.

 

[robertin75]

What if I change the default folder to point to the POP3 one?

If I do that I get the following message:

Please see attached file.

Thanks

 

[larry]

You do not want the pst set as the default store when you have an exchange account in your profile. That will remove everything from the server, makes a mess of free/busy and other Exchange features. If using drafts and the outbox is an issue for you, you need to either use 2 profiles or get Outlook 2010 which handles separate accounts in separate data files.