"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
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I think the first thing to do might be to uninstall Norton, then see if
the problem continues


DL,

Thanks for trying.

Here's a similar post about the problem:

"Now the problem is that a lot of the time, even if you specify a specific
account using the Accounts button, Outlook won't use the account that you
tell it to. This is because Outlook is having a difficult time sending an
email on the account that you tell it to. The frustrating thing is that
Outlook won't tell you that it's having a hard time; it just chooses a
different email account."

"One way that you can fix this problem is to go to the account that's having
problems. Send a test email and make sure that the sending authorization
configuration is properly set. It should be set to "Use the same settings as
my incoming mail server" instead of something along the lines of "Log in to
mail server before sending mail". It's not really a particularly evident
solution, but it should work."

Unfortunately, the solution doesn't work. The "test accounts settings"
feature works great. The account settings pass the test. But try sending a
real E-mail message - that's another story.


JohnF