PlaneGuy wrote:

Unfortunately, it seems like Outlook's implementation of multiple accounts
is SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE than Outlook Express'. In the little brother
version, if you have a message in account B selected, and selected "Create
Mail" then the message will by default be sent by Account B, even if
Account A is default. Outlook, will default to Account A, and only an
explicit selection of Account B will be used.

Ah - you are obviously using Identities for your separate accounts then?


Similarly, I have multiple email accounts set up (3xIMAP). No matter which
account I select to send the message from, the "Sent Message" gets saved
in the same folder - "Personal Folders"|"Sent Items".

Correct. That's always been the case. If you need to separate sent items
than either set up manually a sent items folder for each account and use a
rule to move the messages after sending, or use separate Outlook profiles
for each account.



Outlook Express is
smart enough to know to save an email sent from Account B in Account B's
Sent Items folder - why can't the paid product do the same?

Well I don't know which version of OE you are using, but AFAIK there is NO
automatic creation of separate "sent item" folders for separate email
accounts UNLESS you use separate Identities. This has been the rule ever
since OE4 AFAICR.

BTW, Outlook Express is NOT a "free" version of Outlook - the two are
totally separate applications aimed at completely different target users.



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