Galen, thanks for your reply. However, my default has always been Outlook
XP, not OE. I don't want OE to be the default email client, I use Outlook XP
as my default, only using OE for "private" emails. This problem only started
happening about a month ago so I don't think it is a case of the default
being changed.

The thing that I find strange is that the email Account that I have in OE
isn't in the Accounts list for Outlook XP, yet XP will take over Sending the
email. That is what has me really confused, and what I am trying to stop.

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Barbara W
Massachusetts, USA


"Galen" wrote:

In ,
Barbara W had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

I use both OE (IE6) and Outlook XP at the same time. Several times
an email sent from my OE account has "Sent" through Outlook XP. The
email message then appears in the Outlook XP folders, not OE. What
causes this and what can I do to correct this?

It is the evil folks in the Office group within Microsoft resetting your
defaults perhaps? Every time the junkmail files are updated (once a month
generally) they reset the default email program to OE.

Every time you update, when you reboot, press Start - click Run - type
inetcpl.cpl - press enter - and under the Programs tab set the default email
to Outlook Express once again.

When you're done you should fire off a nastygram (every month, I do...
Really...) asking what makes them think there's some sort of need to reset
your default program settings just because they've fixed the junkmail
filters.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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