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.

Outlook behaves the same way. When you reply to or forward a message,
Outlook will use the account with which the original message was received.

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".
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?

In Outlook, there is only one active "Sent Items" folder and that is the one
in the delivery location. It works that way because the team that wrote
Outlook, most likely a completely different team than the one that wrote
Outlook Express, wanted it to work that way. My understanding is that
Outlook 2007 will provide a better IMAP experience and that you can have
PSTs associated with accounts so rules won't be necessary to sort messages
into PSTs based on receiving or sending account.
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Brian Tillman