If you open Outlook in a specific profile it will only act on the mail
account sent/received for that specific Profile

How you handle multiple accounts within a single Profile depends to some
extent on the version of Outlook
But even in Outlook 2007 it would require some user action, little is going
to be automated, as how would Outlook read your mind as to what email
account you want to send a new mail from?
By default outlook replies are sent via the same account the mail was
received from.


"wltiii" wrote in message
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I have not seen anything anywhere (I've googled) that really explains the
the
pros and cons of having multiple profiles vs one with multiple email
accounts. From what I've read, I don't know if either will work well for
me.

I have three email accounts, all of which I need to monitor
simultaneously.
I do not want to have to remember to change my "from" or "reply-to" when I
respond to mails sent to any of those accounts. Nor do I want to have to
change these when I write an email, wanting it to have it come from a
specific address. It does not seem I can have multiple instances of
Outlook
open with alternate profiles. So, what is the best way to achieve what I
want
to do? What are the pros and cons of the various ways of setting it up?